If you clean the stone after use - to get rid of swarf - it does not matter what piece of metal you are honing. Stones are not sentient, therefore they treat razors or knives exactly the same.People seem to recommend you don't use the same stone for knives and razors. I suppose you could lap both sides of the 6k and use one for each.
You really only need a low grade hone for restoration work, that is, something like establishing a completely new bevel because of chips etc. If a straight razor needs re-sharpening, it’s unlikely you would need to go lower than 3k followed by a progression of something like 5, 8 and 12k for a perfectly acceptable edge. In my experience, 3k is rough enough to take out the effects of layers of tape quickly - if you are honing a razor that has previously been honed with tape, you need to re-set the bevel so that it meets otherwise you are merely polishing a plane.The next stone I'd personally want to have would be a 1k bevel setter. I'm learning to hone so I find I keep going back to the bevel-setting stage again and again, trying to do better this time. It gets a lot of use. If the bevel isn't right, nothing which comes after will be.
The general rule is to double the grit size in a progression as this enables the earlier scratch marks to be removed quickly. So if you only hone is a 1k, then a progression of something like 3k, 5k, 12k would work. Jumping straight from 1k to 8k would mean lots of work to remove the scratches - so if you are limited then I would suggest the 5k and 12k.Mea culpa, I just realised that I made a mistake , I have a 1000 Grain not a 6000.
Would I be better with a 5000 + 12000 or with a 8000+12000.
Quote : I lap my stones with 400grit wet+dry sandpaper under running water
I have just seen a couple of videos on YT that use exactly that technique, it will definately help financially to in the beggining...
I fell further into the rabbit hole, I couldn't resist, the temptation was stronger than the dark side, my credit card company love me and I need to find a serious excuse for clicking on the 5000, 8000 and 12000 before my wife throws me out...The general rule is to double the grit size in a progression as this enables the earlier scratch marks to be removed quickly. So if you only hone is a 1k, then a progression of something like 3k, 5k, 12k would work. Jumping straight from 1k to 8k would mean lots of work to remove the scratches - so if you are limited then I would suggest the 5k and 12k.
Ha ha , wait till you get into naturals and what is delivered actual looks like an old rock.I fell further into the rabbit hole, I couldn't resist, the temptation was stronger than the dark side, my credit card company love me and I need to find a serious excuse for clicking on the 5000, 8000 and 12000 before my wife throws me out...
Delivery has already begun and I am already in anticipation for this set of Naniwas...
Bought one extra holder to make things easier...
I'm also fairly new to the honing game. I bought a shapton 12K to refresh my razors and I found it excellent for that purpose. I then delved into restoration and bought a couple of cheap razors from eBay. I also bought some second hand Naniwas (3 + 8k) but I soon discovered that trying to restore a blunt or damaged razor on a 3k takes a LOT of time, with mixed results, so I purchased a Shapton 1K for that. I'm no expert on honing but I can now get a good, sharp edge on the 1,3,8,12 stones. The only advice I can give you is that setting the bevel can take 30 laps or 300 - there's no definitive number. I watched a lot of youtube videos and some advise 50 laps on the 1K to set the bevel, then 20 on the 5k etc but in my experience its not that straightforward, sometimes it can be 300 or more to get the bevel set. It's a learning curve which I enjoy. And just when you think you might have the hang of it you try your procedure on a different make of razor, only to find none of what you thought you knew works !! All good fun. All the best with your restorations.I fell further into the rabbit hole, I couldn't resist, the temptation was stronger than the dark side, my credit card company love me and I need to find a serious excuse for clicking on the 5000, 8000 and 12000 before my wife throws me out...
Delivery has already begun and I am already in anticipation for this set of Naniwas...
Bought one extra holder to make things easier...
Rob,I use a diamond lapping plate to raise slurry and this also keeps the stones level.
Yes it’s a DMT and whenever I use a stone I use the plate to give a quick clean and also raise a bit of slurry But nothing overly aggressive. I find that using self slurry means that the stone results in a lesser amount of ingrained swarf that has to be cleaned off before next use. It also means that my stones don’t need an aggressive re-lapping. Bear in mind that honing uses specific parts of the stone and the areas not used form the high spots that need to reduced via lapping - and are effectively washed down the drain. By using the lapping plate each time, you are using the high spots to create slurry.Rob,
How often do you use that diamond plate and is it a DMT ?
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