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So Shapton Stones are the best out there - on that I guess we can all
agree. Given that, why is it that the Hippo series stones cost over
twice as much per square inch of abrasive as the Professional series?

Is it that much more difficult to make a stone that's 3.94" wide
versus one that's only 2.76" in width? It's also an inch and change
longer, but at 5x the cost it just doesn't make sense. How many
blades of 2.76" and greater are there out there?

JP
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Isn't it a lot thicker?

-j


"Jay Pique" wrote in message
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So Shapton Stones are the best out there - on that I guess we can all
agree. Given that, why is it that the Hippo series stones cost over
twice as much per square inch of abrasive as the Professional series?

Is it that much more difficult to make a stone that's 3.94" wide
versus one that's only 2.76" in width? It's also an inch and change
longer, but at 5x the cost it just doesn't make sense. How many
blades of 2.76" and greater are there out there?

JP
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And where are the deals?



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Jay,

I don't know the difference in the actual stone but if you look at their web
site

Pro stone 210 * 70 * 15 = 220.5 cc @ $53 for 1000 grit
Hippo 250 * 100 * 20 = 500 cc @ $134 for 1000 grit (without base)
They are about 11% more for the volume of stone you get.

(53/220)/(134/500)=1.11 ( 1.11 times as much per cc)

You got me curious so I had to look at it. Does anyone know if there is a
difference in the stone composition?

Glen

"Jay Pique" wrote in message
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So Shapton Stones are the best out there - on that I guess we can all
agree. Given that, why is it that the Hippo series stones cost over
twice as much per square inch of abrasive as the Professional series?

Is it that much more difficult to make a stone that's 3.94" wide
versus one that's only 2.76" in width? It's also an inch and change
longer, but at 5x the cost it just doesn't make sense. How many
blades of 2.76" and greater are there out there?

JP
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And where are the deals?



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Jay,

I don't know the difference in the actual stone but if you look at their

web
site

Pro stone 210 * 70 * 15 = 220.5 cc @ $53 for 1000 grit
Hippo 250 * 100 * 20 = 500 cc @ $134 for 1000 grit (without base)
They are about 11% more for the volume of stone you get.

(53/220)/(134/500)=1.11 ( 1.11 times as much per cc)

You got me curious so I had to look at it. Does anyone know if there is a
difference in the stone composition?

Glen


Considering that there is some minimum usable thickness (since when it gets
to a certain thickness it will break - you would have to subtract from the
usable volume of both) it seems like the price per sharpening is probably a
wash.

-j


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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:03:42 -0800, "J" wrote:


"glensmith" wrote in message
news7PMd.268845$8l.100514@pd7tw1no...
Jay,

I don't know the difference in the actual stone but if you look at their

web
site

Pro stone 210 * 70 * 15 = 220.5 cc @ $53 for 1000 grit
Hippo 250 * 100 * 20 = 500 cc @ $134 for 1000 grit (without base)
They are about 11% more for the volume of stone you get.

(53/220)/(134/500)=1.11 ( 1.11 times as much per cc)

You got me curious so I had to look at it. Does anyone know if there is a
difference in the stone composition?

Glen


Considering that there is some minimum usable thickness (since when it gets
to a certain thickness it will break - you would have to subtract from the
usable volume of both) it seems like the price per sharpening is probably a
wash.


If the breakpoint is at the same thickness for both, the
Hippo should come closer in cost per usable stone
than the above calculation suggests.



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Once the stone gets too thin, couldn't you mount it onto a base, much
like how the king polishing stones are mounted onto plastic bases to
begin with?

(I'd like to hear from people who do this what they use, as base and
adhesive.)

J wrote:
Considering that there is some minimum usable thickness (since when

it gets
to a certain thickness it will break - you would have to subtract

from the
usable volume of both) it seems like the price per sharpening is

probably a
wash.


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On 4 Feb 2005 13:28:09 -0800, wrote:

(I'd like to hear from people who do this what they use, as base and
adhesive.)


Natural Japanese stones, sawn into few mm slices, and laid (unglued)
on a springy wooden lath (mine is lime). Really thin sections get a
coat of lacquer to hold them together.
http://www.namikawa-ltd.co.jp/cgi-bi...i?cate=9&no=47

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Certainly, but you don't sharpen your chisels or planes with jizuya. Those
are to give a polish to a sword.
Also, I think that they are traditionally split from a stone and then
flattened on stones, not sawn.

-j


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You got me curious so I had to look at it. Does anyone know if there is a
difference in the stone composition?


the hippo's are regular shapton stones not the pro stones. they are pretty thick
though. I got them because everything else moved or rocked on me. I get pretty
vigorous in sharpening (G)

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Steve Knight wrote:


You got me curious so I had to look at it. Does anyone know if there is a
difference in the stone composition?


the hippo's are regular shapton stones not the pro stones. they are pretty thick
though. I got them because everything else moved or rocked on me. I get pretty
vigorous in sharpening (G)


I've been pretty heavy into the microabrasive/granite surfacing plate
(aka ScarySharp) technique for a while. I've been doing stones for
coworkers for a couple of weeks, and when you do 3 or 4 at a time you
can really fly. I start at 220 (or even 150) and work my way
consecutively through 400, 600, 1000, 1500 and 2000 with relative
ease. The biggest pain was the mess of the water and moving around
the paper, but I put the block on a lazy susan and the whole thing in
a shallow tub with a drain to a 5 gal. pail and it's a snap.

My going rate is one (1) six pack per chisel. Pabst for a quick
touch-up, something more exotic (aka Duvel) for a full lapping,
reshaping and microbevel.

That said, I'm ready for stones. Good stones. Good LARGE stones.
With the surfacing plate (flat to .0001) and paper I can still see
slight rounding at the edge after lapping. Not a big deal, but
between that and abrasives costing a buck a sheet, I think I'd do
better with a COMPLETE set of Shapton Pro series plus diamond lapping
plate. YMMVC.

zhaypeek
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That said, I'm ready for stones. Good stones. Good LARGE stones.
With the surfacing plate (flat to .0001) and paper I can still see
slight rounding at the edge after lapping. Not a big deal, but
between that and abrasives costing a buck a sheet, I think I'd do
better with a COMPLETE set of Shapton Pro series plus diamond lapping
plate. YMMVC.


that's the problem with sandpaper it wears unevenly. I really had to learn how
to lap plane soles the right way on it to get a good job. it always wears more
in the middle so the outsides cut faster.
one cheap way to lap them flat is to buy a diamond lap get a 8" one you can get
them for around 40.00 and they are better then the DMT stuff. I may just have to
buy anther one for my shapton's.

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