Thread: Naniwa 12k warped?

Relax, Dude…

Perhaps… you may want to actually, read his post, before answering, knee jerk.

“But lapped the stone because the way it warped my razor”.

Just saying.

Originally Posted by Utopian

The Norton lapping hone was never designed to lap any natural hones at all. It only is meant to be used on synthetic hones.

That's basically what I was getting at. I destroyed my first Norton lapping stone doing exactly that. Was meant to be read as 'don't use with naturals.'

Here is another thread about this, and what I did with my Naniwas to remedy it.http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...blization.html

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Relax, Dude…

Perhaps… you may want to actually, read his post, before answering, knee jerk.

“But lapped the stone because the way it warped my razor”.

Just saying.

Sorry Euclid440. It should be read as the way the stone warped; my razor would dig into the stone towards the ends of the stone. The ends of the stone is warped upwards a little.
Sorry for the confusion.

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Here is another thread about this, and what I did with my Naniwas to remedy it.http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...blization.html

I was thinking the same thing after reading Utopians link. Think liquid nail would work gluing it to tile?

I would use 3M 5200 or better yet Locktite makes a construction adhesive called PL I think.

To answer an earlier question yes you can use the hone soaked.

I have found that for me, in Colorado, that the less water I expose the hones to, the flatter they stay. I use them splash and go and squeegee them off as soon as I stop using them including even short breaks like going to the microscope. It seems like uneven water absorption is what causes the warping, so my idea is to keep absorption to a minimum. I think our dry climate in Colorado is part of the problem. YMMV

Also it seems that as time goes on the warping is almost not an issue. How much of that is due to my mitigation efforts and how much is the hone coming into equilibrium from exposure to the same conditions is unknown.

At the last Denver meet someone had brought in an un backed Naniwa 12k SP. It showed about 1mm of dish against a straight edge. I said "now watch this" and wetted the face of the hone. Within a few minutes the hone was flat, to everyone's amazement but mine.