Thread: WHICH STONE NEEDS MORE LAPPING?

Just out of curiousity, which stone in your collection seems to need more frequent lapping than the other stones?? In my own personal collection, my Chosera 10K seems to dish out sooner than my other stones.

My Chinese 12 and my Escher seem to need the least amount of lapping.

How do these stones compare to yours?? Does our individual honing style have any effect on how our stones wear during the honing process?? I would guess there is a difference in wear for the natural stones as compared to man-made stones.

I hope these questions stimulate a level of interest that will result in an educational bonanza for all of us who are fascinated with the acquisition of various hones and/or stones................ JERRY

My Norton 1k and King 1k need rather frequent lapping, to remove metal that becomes impregnated in the surface and to keep them flat. But, I do tend to hone a lot of ebay wedges, so take that with a grain of salt.

My Dragon's Tongue glazes rather quickly, so I typically refresh it after each razor or sometimes aften two razors.

I just got an Aoto that seems pretty soft (generates slurry under firm honing), but I've not really played with it enough yet to say much about it.

I lap my BBW now and then because I use slurry on that.

I only use my coti with water, so not much lapping there. Same with my C12k and Asagi.

I generally give my synthetics a quick lap and remove a pencil grid before any honing session. My naturals less so. I hone at the kitchen sink and lately pretty much only with my Naniwa superstones. As the swarf builds I lap them to clean it up in the midst of the honing. No pencil grid when I am doing that , just cleaning them up.

My Norton 1k but, it is also my goto stone for any problem razor....

I'd assume it's all relative to three things:

1. Use
2. Grit
3. Softness


More use, softer material, lower grit = more wear.

My Bear 4k will probably need the most frequent lapping followed by my Dimo-Grit barber hone. My Swaty I suspect is just a teeny bit softer than steel. It does not give up material without a FIGHT, so I expect it will rarely, if ever, require relapping. I have one more barber hone inc. And will probably pick up a new finisher and maybe something along the line of a norton 4k one of these days.

I went DMT on my low grit stuff and am damn glad I did.