I flatten my Norton 4/8K using a glass plate with water lubricated 800 grit silicon carbide paper.
Should I get a finer sharpening if I used a higher grit of paper?
Ian
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I flatten my Norton 4/8K using a glass plate with water lubricated 800 grit silicon carbide paper.
Should I get a finer sharpening if I used a higher grit of paper?
Ian
No, the grit is embedded into the stone.
True, but as with high grade metal polishing (bike alloy :) ) using a finer grit to level the stone would be gentler on the stone's grit high points?
Ian
For new Norton stones, you need to remove close to 1/8" of "skin" to get to the proper honing materials. This is the ONLY issue that the Norton stones have. I recommend picking up a DMT 325 that is 8" or longer. This is what most all of us use. This will lap the stone and keep it flat. I have the DMT11C, it's 11" of the 325 grit.
I have flattened it several times. It is not the flattening I'm interested in, it is specifically whether using a finer flattening agent will produce a better hone surface.
thanks,
Ian
Progressive hone flattening???
Finer grit will take the high points out left by the 800 grit, but one or two passes with a blade will also remove those high points. So moving to a higher grit to finish the hone will maybe give you 5 seconds of better honing.
Cris,
Good point!
thanks,
Ian
The only stones that I’ve lapped with higher grits are my natural finishers one side to 800 and the other side is up to 2000 except my coticule that one came lapped from Ardennes and hasn’t needed lapping. And from what I have read lapping with a diamond plate on a coticule can cause issues with how it polished a razors edge.
Now that puts a different slant on lt (pun intended) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul76
Ian
I don't care what you use, the stone is the grit it is, most use a DMT 325 to lap or f
Refresh a stone, you don't need more. Once cleaned of any grit from your plate or sand paper or SIC. The stone is what it is, and doesn't even need to be dead flat. The better results from honing come from the guy doing the honing. Tc
Yep, what he said. You cant make a 8k finer nor a 1k rougher.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd
4k rougher in this instance. And yet I wonder, how to make a Norton 4000 rougher and a Norton 8000 finer?Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottGoodman
Replace them with the Naniwas. Tc
How to make a Norton 4k rougher...pick up a 1K. How to make a 8k finer...pick up a 16 or 20K. Simple really!:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brontosaurus
Okay, I think I get it; use the 1k to dress the 4k side and the 16k or 20k to dress the 8k side as needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottGoodman