Thread: Please tell me if my plan is good

Originally Posted by TexasBob

...
1000: set a bevel on a non-shave ready razor
5000: sharpen the razor
8000: polish it smooth
12000: finish

Maybe the 0.5 and 0.25 paste to refine the above?

Nice grit-range. Should cover all your normal razor sharpening needs.

The Naniwa 1k is an excellent bevel setter. Fortunately, the lower grits hones cost less.

+1n with Utopian, setting a bevel with a 5k is rough, even with a 1k at times. 220 is better.
I had a Satinedge that I sent to Max. I could not get the thing to take a bevel. I guess I gave up to quick. It took him 1/2 hour on a 220k. So, you never know what your gonna run into...Thanks Max....

Sounds like a plan, as long as the razor is in fairly good shape. This is more or less how I deal with newly aquired razors as well except I use a Norton 4/8K and usually dispense with the finer polishing stone and go straight to my strop. If the razor is is such bad condition that I would need a coarser stone to "set" the bevel, I don't want to be bothered with it.

Originally Posted by fccexpert

Sounds like a plan, as long as the razor is in fairly good shape. This is more or less how I deal with newly aquired razors as well except I use a Norton 4/8K and usually dispense with the finer polishing stone and go straight to my strop. If the razor is is such bad condition that I would need a coarser stone to "set" the bevel, I don't want to be bothered with it.

Well, I just dropped one of my razors onto a tile floor so I may need that 1K after all!

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Well, I just dropped one of my razors onto a tile floor so I may need that 1K after all!

If you want to keep it. I usually just throw them out (I have dropped two so far).

Well the Naniwas arrived today.

Just to verify what I think I need to do now: Lap these things with my DMT8C 325. I would do this by drawing a pencil line grid and then lightly smoothing each with the DMT until the pencil lines are gone. I would keep things pretty wet as I go.

I just want to be sure before I do something stupid!

These are the hones I have: 1000, 5000, 8000, 12000

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Well the Naniwas arrived today.

Just to verify what I think I need to do now: Lap these things with my DMT8C 325. I would do this by drawing a pencil line grid and then lightly smoothing each with the DMT until the pencil lines are gone. I would keep things pretty wet as I go.

I just want to be sure before I do something stupid!

These are the hones I have: 1000, 5000, 8000, 12000

After the grid disappears, draw another and see if it wears away evenly. The reason for this is that when you're lapping, the water and slurry will also cause the pencil to wear, too, even if the surface isn't completely flat yet. Don't know how Naniwas behave in that regard, but it's the only way I know of to be sure - especially on a new stone.

Good luck! Now you'll never need to buy another hone.

Yes you have the right plan


Water water water when lapping,, The Naniwa's come with a stupid label on the stone surface Which is going to take a wee bit of work to get rid of that residue... I lapped mine untill I could no longer tell where that stupid label had been then worried about the grid

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Well the Naniwas arrived today.

Just to verify what I think I need to do now: Lap these things with my DMT8C 325. I would do this by drawing a pencil line grid and then lightly smoothing each with the DMT until the pencil lines are gone. I would keep things pretty wet as I go.

I just want to be sure before I do something stupid!

These are the hones I have: 1000, 5000, 8000, 12000

Make sure you don't have a sharp corner on the long edges of the stones. Just relieve them a little with a slight radius after lapping so you don't drag your edge on the corner and chip it.