Broken Barbers Hone Restore

Group,

Is it possible to successfully epoxy and lap a broken barbers hone and safely use it, or will it likely damage your edge?

I have never done it but I believe it can be done, people have fixed broken coticles in a similar manner!

Once I was talking to the main honemeister at Japan Woodworker in CA. The possibility of dropping a ceramic Shapton came up and he told me that he had successfully glued them in the past. IIRC he mentioned Gorilla Glue. I dropped a vintage glued yellow/bbw coticule and the original glue joint broke separating the yellow from the blue. The yellow was broken in two pieces as well. I glued it back together and lapped it successfully. So give it a try. Not sure which glue is best though. :gl:

Thank you already.

I PM'd Glen about some industrial strength epoxy to glue some cracked scales. He told me about, and I susequently bought this epoxy from Grizzley:

H9698 T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive, Pint

I am going to try it when the hone gets here.

David

Occasionally, I will scratch my Naniwa hone. I don't lap the scratch out though. I run it over a DMT 325 once or twice to make sure it is smooth, and keep honing. Eventually, with use, the scratch disappears.

No problem!

And, if a depression in a hone from a scratch doesn't cause problems, I don't think a depression in your hone where breaks are joined will cause a problem either.

It's possible. I picked up some tips from Rob and Maurice at Ardennes... I've repaired cracks in Coticules with a mixture of beeswax and Coticule dust, lapped it, and you can't tell. You may be able to fix a broken stone provided the pieces fit, and nothing's missing. I'd probably use a two part epoxy, If you can't find it, let me know. Once it cures, you'll want to lapp it flat and make sure you can't feel the edge. You may have to fill the crack, if there is one...

P.S. I just read where you already have the epoxy, good....Good luck to you...

I've done it 4 or 5 times. 2-part, one hour or longer seemed to work best. If your epoxy is thin, you can thicken it with talcum powder. Only one of the repairs failed. I think that hone was oil-soaked, maybe...

Like Zib said, if you can feel the repair area after lapping; don't use the hone.