Patrick Chase
One last business-related comment about Shapton: Harrelson Stanley recently lost his exclusive distribution arrangement (though he apparently still owns the "Shapton USA" trademark and 'shapton.com' domain. Awkward).

It will be interesting to see if they reintroduce the Glass stones to Japan and/or reduce the US prices on the "Pro" stones to make them more competitive with grey-market importers like Stu and MetalMaster.