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    Quote Originally Posted by TexasBob View Post
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    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.

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

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    +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....
    We have assumed control !

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fccexpert View Post
    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexasBob View Post
    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).

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexasBob View Post
    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.
    Last edited by northpaw; 07-16-2009 at 09:29 PM.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexasBob View Post
    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.

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