Thread: Naniwa 1k help

Just finished lapping my superstones and was wondering if the colour differance between the 1k and the other hones was normal?

The 1k is the dark blue, right? Did you make a grid before you lapped? Is it wet or dry or partially wet?

Yes the 1k is the dark blue one and they are dry. I have done the grid in the past with sandpaper and my granite counter and have been having poor results attempting to hone. I just purchased th DMT8C and just relapped all my stones and got consistant results with the 5k 8k 12k seems that the 400k and 1k are blothchy. Now I have spent more time trying to lap the 1k and this is the result is it normal?

I had the full set. I never gave them much time to work before i sold them. I wonderd if the 1k was realy 1k as it just did'nt seem to cut like 1k norton. Maybe it was just me because i no many people love them. Or my 1k was faulty i'm just persuming. how do you find the 1k?

Originally Posted by gary haywood

I had the full set. I never gave them much time to work before i sold them. I wonderd if the 1k was realy 1k as it just did'nt seem to cut like 1k norton. Maybe it was just me because i no many people love them. Or my 1k was faulty i'm just persuming. how do you find the 1k?

I have honed only one razor from 1k up with good results and have tryed to hone three others with poor results. This however could be my technique as I'm still a noob and find it very difficult to keep litte consistant pressure while keeping the razor flat on the hone..

I found that the Nani 1k isn't as aggressive as my Norton 1k; that can be good or bad, depending on what you are looking for. I don't remember the colors, though, and I've only used other peoples' at meets so I don't have one myself.

if you re talking about the 2 big darker colored spots, I have some spotting on my 5k, but it works just fine. I can't be sure if what you have on your stone changes the cutting power though.

Thanks guys and yes I'm referring to the darker spots.

Originally Posted by gary haywood

I had the full set. I never gave them much time to work before i sold them. I wonderd if the 1k was realy 1k as it just did'nt seem to cut like 1k norton. Maybe it was just me because i no many people love them. Or my 1k was faulty i'm just persuming. how do you find the 1k?

Norton uses the US standards for grit
and the Japanese hones use a Japanese
standard. Someone posted a chart a while
back see if you can find it....