"Steve Knight" wrote in message
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They are pricey. Unless I needed one I wouldn't have bought them.


well they are and they are not. they cost more then most stones to start
with
but in the long run they wear so slowly they are far cheaper. some may not
wear
out all of their waterstones but most of the lower grit ones wear pretty
fast.
I have not worn out one shapton stone yet in two years of use. in that
time I
would have worn out about 10 1000 grit waterstones and several middle
stones.
the regular shapton I used for about 6 months showed about 1/4 of it worn
in
that time. my hippo stone hardly shows any wear in almost two years.

Agreed, but if you have something that is working for you now, then there is
no rush to go out and buy something new which does the same thing, albeit
better and faster.

I'm completely happy with them.

-j