Thread: spyderco hone

i just got a ceramic whet stone fine grit, it was in a deal i got of ebay does anyone know what grit this is and how do i clean it do i lap it ,what do i lap it with . thanks all help welcom

a search of the forums here will reveal all BUT...

lap with a coarse grit diamond plate, or something harder. I dunno, Superman's teeth or something.

If it's a spyderco Fine, I think they cut from 8k and get a lot finer: They start out cutting really fast, and then wear down and slow way down.

I'm still not sure if my Fine and Ultrafine aren't the same damn base material.

cleaning is easy, use comet or other equivalent abrasive. I read something about someone using an old barber hone as a rubbing/cleaning stone. I haven't tried that yet.

I did a lot of reading on these as I bought a used set. The seller got them used too and they were flattened when he got them. From what I have read they are pure murder to lap.

The company says that they are flat enough to hone and that lapping them voids the warranty and ruins the performance of the hone.

From what I have read guys that have them and have lapped them say that they work good and the company is full of bull.

I haven't used them enough to draw my own conclusion. On mine one side is lapped and the other is factory so maybe I have the best of both worlds.

I only tried them once and wasn't impressed. Since then I have read a lot more on them and plan on doing some more with them. Mine are at work so I will get around to them sooner or later. Good luck with yours.

I hone with them...

Originally Posted by ronnie brown

i just got a ceramic whet stone fine grit, it was in a deal i got of ebay does anyone know what grit this is and how do i clean it do i lap it ,what do i lap it with . thanks all help welcom

If it is at all out of factory spec (+/-0.020"), lap on a D8XX to start. Try it first and don't lap it if it works ok for you. I found it necessary to lap all 3 of my set. It took over 80 hours on a D8C, then I bought a D8XX... Four hours later all 3 were done (both sides and one long edge), including finish-lap on the D8C. Mine cut much better after lapping. I agree with joke1176 on cleaning and grit range.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I did a lot of reading on these as I bought a used set. The seller got them used too and they were flattened when he got them. From what I have read they are pure murder to lap.

Yes indeed.

The company says that they are flat enough to hone...

I didn't think mine were.

... and that lapping them voids the warranty and ruins the performance of the hone.

Spyderco told me, also, that it will void the warranty. Mine work better after lapping.

From what I have read guys that have them and have lapped them say that they work good and the company is full of bull. ...

I couldn't agree more on both points. The UF is the biggest b*tch to lap of the 3 grits (M, F, UF). They do cut nicely in their own grit range. The UF and F don't give much feedback while honing; but if yours are flat enough to suit you, they do work pretty well.

i had a set of spydies nice hones but tough to flatten trashed my dmt 1200 smoothing them out had them lapped to 320 grit but of course that wasnt good enough for me, i should have left them at the 320 grit stage as they were much too smooth afterwards and took a lot of laps to get a razor honed well but once you had it dialed in it was very shave ready

thanks for the help guys, the 320 seems to work but boy is it slow.

I gave up trying to use to the D8C on Spyderco hones.
Although it left my D8C with a nice smooth surface for
lapping naturals, I couldn't get the Spyderco's flat
within a few hours.



- Scott

Originally Posted by sebell

I gave up trying to use to the D8C on Spyderco hones.
Although it left my D8C with a nice smooth surface for
lapping naturals, I couldn't get the Spyderco's flat
within a few hours.



- Scott

+1 They are a to lap. I think I'm going to buy a d8xx just to lap them..........

Speaking of which, anyone want something ~$20 from craftsmanstudio? I can't get it to $100.

This is prolly a bit late to help out the OP, but this guy reports that it only took him about an hour to lap his spyderco

Flat lapping a Spyderco ceramic bench stone - Sawmill Creek

I'm ordering a spyderco and I'm gonna try the method he outlines. I'm not really interested in spending hours upon hours getting a hone lapped.