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I really like Shapton kuromaku 8k, it's 8x3x1/2 or close may not be the best for hand honing being that thin. But as mentioned could be glued to a backer.
Price point is great, I like the feel better than the Norton. It's a hard splash and go hone.
I am glad to hear that people have had good luck attaching their hones to stiff unforgiving backing such as marble and aluminium.
I have never had a problem but have read about hones cracking etc. from swelling and shrinking while getting wet and then drying.
Having a backing that does not expand and contract at the same rate would make the issue worse and that is why I think of that.
I am certainly not disagreeing with the results that have been posted here. I would do it in a heart beat after reading these posts!:tu
I"ve kept my Norton 4/8 in a water well for years! No it doesn't disintegrate.
As per GSSIXGUN'S instructions I use about a cap full of Regular Chlorine Bleach to a gallon of Distilled Water and change the water about twice a year. Just grab, lap and hone. The same with my King 1200.
Change out if you want but to change out just because of 'Soaking'----:thinking:
Gluing them together was what I was going to suggest, maybe with a plastic or Plexiglas spacer in between.
I've used the 1.5k and 5k kuromakus hand-held and found them interesting, brittle-feeling hones to use. At ~5/8" thick, I didn't find them difficult to use in the hand, although I always hone with on a completely flat, outstretched palm. Gripping the sides of a stone with the fingers of the off-hand, no matter how thick the stone may be, can risk to have a bad cut if a fingertip glides above the honing surface. (Been there, done that, and won't do that again!) 1/2" thick is still doable, but things do get tight in the 1/4"-3/8" thick range, even with an outstretched palm.
I am very partial to splash and go stones so my 4 and 8k are Shapton GS stones and I love them
M favoured 8K, without doubt, would be the Snow White I love it couldn't live without it.
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