Originally Posted by
LawsonStone
This puts me in mind of a little project I keep wanting to try. I'd like to get a couple of naniwas, maybe the 5000 and the 10,000, pop them off the stands and glue them together, then cut the whole thing in half and have two "barber hones" that will have known grit, known honing properties, etc. that I can take with me when I travel. I know, I know, lots of nice barber hones out there, but sometimes on long trips (I take a good many of those) I'd like just to have my Naniwas and a home-made barber hone of the 5K/10K or maybe 8K/12K type could be nice.