Venev stones, where else to buy 8x3"?

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bmo419

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Hey all,

So I've been getting deeper into sharpening in the past couple of months. I recently got some of the smaller 6x1" Venev stones from Gritomatic to try out and they're great so I wanted to grab the larger 8x3" stones. Being a bit late to the Venev party however, I noticed that Gritomatic is out of both the Phoenix and Dragon series in the grit ratings I was interested in. Understandable due to the war.

After a bit of searching, I saw that Hapstone.pro (their official site?) has the Venev 8x3" stones in the grit ratings I was wanting. I know they're based in Ukraine so it seems their lead times are a bit long for obvious reasons which is fine with me, but has anyone ordered directly from Hapstone.pro before? If so, did you get charged any import fees/taxes/duties/etc (in the US)? The site mentioned that may be applicable but I don't have any experience with that stuff so wasn't sure how it worked.

Thanks
 
If no one has any experience ordering directly from Hapstone.pro, can anyone recommend some diamond abrasive Venev alternatives that are in stock at a similar price point in the US?
 
Spats McGee said:
There seems to be a gritomatic store in that big river shopping site. Have you looked there?
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Saw that, but they're both sold and shipped by gritomatic, so it seems they're just mirroring whichever stock they have on their own site. So unfortunately out of the higher grit ratings on the 8x3's.
 
I don't know where else to get them, but if you sign up for notifications at Gritomatic, they periodically come back in stock.
 
bmo419 said:
Hey all,

Thanks
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Hi bmo419, are you in US? I have one of their 8x3 Phoenix stones - I believe it's 240-400. I bought it from gritomatic sometime ago and didn't use it since I use guided system instead of free hand. Let me know if you're interested - I can take pictures (but it's basically brand new) and send it to you. Asking $130 shipped.
Let me know if interested.
 
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Lacerdo said:
Hi bmo419, are you in US? I have one of their 8x3 Phoenix stones - I believe it's 240-400. I bought it from gritomatic sometime ago and didn't use it since I use guided system instead of free hand. Let me know if you're interested - I can take pictures (but it's basically brand new) and send it to you. Asking $130 shipped.
Let me know if interested.
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Hey Lacerdo, yeah I'm in the US. Definitely interested. Are you able to send me a PM? I only have the free membership.
 
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