Thread: Protecting the Shapton Investment

Verrry nicely done! I like the box a lot. If I ever get HAD, this is a great idea.

Originally Posted by Traveller

Looks like your pup want to take up honing

I've tried to get him interested but he only wants the tennis ball that is behind the box.

yea if he is like mine he will turn them yellow if he can. but th stones do look fine in the box. nicely done.

Thanks for the compliments. I just wanted to bump this back up with a reminder to all that I am happy to share my designs. Please feel free to plagerize. Use any or all of design drawing as you like.

Brad

I took the easy way out and bought the Veritas Stone Pond. It comes with Silicon Carbide grit to lap your stones when they eventually need it, and the pond braces two stones at a time, but if you're innovative, you can make it hold three simultaneously. I use it with my Norton 4k/8k, and my Shapton Cream colored 15k and my purple 30k. BTW, some folks are partial to non-stainless steel due to its easier stropping characteristics. I was convinced that the shave I got from my Bergischer Löwe was impossible to beat. Then I honed my stainless M.O.P DOVO in stages..Norton 8k, Belgian ~12k, Shaptom 15k, then the Shapton 30K. My GOD...that bevel wll cut through a dense Italian beard without a complaint (mine). And after 25 shaves, it still does not require rehoning..but I've been very careful to strop, linen to leather, and the results are great. Just have to be very careful where you lay that razor. A bevel cut at 30k can cut skin cells clear in half, with clean cuts through the mitochondria! But I will say, I love the ingenuity of your home made stone holder/lap system. Somehow, homemade projects make the hobby (any hobby) much more enjoyable.

Joe Guida

Icedog, YOU ARE THE MAN! Nice job on the box and setup. I strongly believe that hones should be boxed to protect them. Do you use the GDLP and the pond? They make the whole setup really purr.

Originally Posted by Howard

Icedog, YOU ARE THE MAN! Nice job on the box and setup. I strongly believe that hones should be boxed to protect them. Do you use the GDLP and the pond? They make the whole setup really purr.

Howard,

I do use the GDLP. I do not use the pond. I hold the GlasStones in my hand over the kitchen sink which I managed to salvage from this Beautiful Paul Rudolph modernist masterpiece:
Off to the Dump: House by Paul Rudolph : TreeHugger

Great collection and great way to store those pretty hones.