Are the Shapton Glass 16,000 & 30,000 Grit Stones good?

[Kutlery King]

Do they give a good mirror polish? Do stones with such high grits make a giant difference?

 

[brets-ftw]

I would Imagine anything past 5k grit would be into compound territory, and micron paste

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

I would Imagine anything past 5k grit would be into compound territory, and micron paste

Not true at all, I frequently use stones with grits WAY past 5k - and they give excellent mirror polishes.

Just look at my YouTube channel for example.


ETA: I can get a mirror polish so clear that you could literally use it as a mirror, all without ever touching a strop.

 

[Ben Dover]

Anything made by Shapton is of excellent quality. I use Shapton Pro stones on my Edge-Pro, up to 30,000 grit with complete satisfaction. Even the 15K will give most steels a bright polish.

 

[thombrogan]

Do they give a good mirror polish? Do stones with such high grits make a giant difference?

With Glasstones, you can make a mirror or nearly mirror finish at 2,000 grit (or lower if you take your time) and the blade will feel and be sharper at each higher grit (totally not unique to Glasstones, of course).

Will it be better than what some wet/dry sandpaper over a hard and flat surface will do? Not really, but it'll be a little more fun and a lot more expensive.

 

[pwet]

just a thought, not to judge you at all, those two stones especially the 30k needs a fairly good and experimented hand AND a solid grit progression before them to be woth it. if not you'll probably lose all the good you've done previously.

 

[Kutlery King]

just a thought, not to judge you at all, those two stones especially the 30k needs a fairly good and experimented hand AND a solid grit progression before them to be woth it. if not you'll probably lose all the good you've done previously.

Would a 4000- 8000-16,000-30,000 be a tight enough progression?

 

[Jason B.]

What are you putting a 30k edge on?

 

[Ben Dover]

Would a 4000- 8000-16,000-30,000 be a tight enough progression?

That progression would indeed be quite satisfactory, assuming of course that you possess the patience to fully utilize the potential of each stone before progresing to the next higher level.