Thread: Flattening stone on a Norton

Yul.,
Exactly, instead of a small 1/8" bevel I polish a small radius on the dge of the stone, maybe 1/8" wide. This way there are no sharp edges at all. The surface of the stone is lapped flat and all the other edges get bevels or radii to stop them from chipping if accidentally bumped. I do this on all the stones I use and sell.

Tony

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

Yul.,
Exactly, instead of a small 1/8" bevel I polish a small radius on the dge of the stone, maybe 1/8" wide. This way there are no sharp edges at all. The surface of the stone is lapped flat and all the other edges get bevels or radii to stop them from chipping if accidentiall bumped. I do this on all the stones I use and sell.

Tony

Just another great example of why you should buy from a known and trusted source. Tony (and most of our vendors here on SRP) are not just retailers...they're members and (maybe one day Colleen) straight shavers themselves. They've been there, done that, and have your best interest and success at heart.

Cheers,
Ed

Originally Posted by ForestryProf

Just another great example of why you should buy from a known and trusted source. Tony (and most of our vendors here on SRP) are not just retailers...they're members and (maybe one day Colleen) straight shavers themselves. They've been there, done that, and have your best interest and success at heart.

Cheers,
Ed

Well said!

I think the biggest problem I had on using the Norton flattening stone on the norton 4k/8k was beveling the edges. What I mean is that I took it too far and really went overboard on the edges. I had to lap the stone twice afterwards to correct my mistake and even now it is still a little messed up. Just a word of caution, that's all.

How did you mess up the edges?

I only use the flattening stone for initial flattening, not for bevels/radii or for later flattening.

To round the edges I use 220 wet/dry paper on a flat surface, the Woodcraft granite surface plate. With thew stone flat of it's face I pull it across the sandpaper towards me while rolling the near side upwards until it is at 90deg to the sandpaper creating a small radius on the edge of the stone. I do this twice on each long edge, twice on each end then by hand take the little sharp corners off where the edges meet. No corners to nick the razor, no corners to chip on the stone either.

I think the flattening stone would be way to coarse and hard to control for this. if your radius is too large you cannot get into the heel corner of the blade. Just a slight 1/16" to 1/8" radius is used.

Tony