Thread: Naniwa 8k

Got the sticker off...did a little refreshing with DMT 1200. Need I do anything else before use?

Chamfer the edges, soak it for a few minutes, and hone away.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Chamfer the edges, soak it for a few minutes, and hone away.

I assume it's okay to soak while on that holder, right? I mean it's just plastic. And it doesn't come off the holder, does it? Some good glue.

Yes, it's okay to soak it with the plastic base. You don't want to soak it for a long time, but I have found that soaking for a few minutes works much better than spraying the top, which yielded uneven swelling of the hone.

Someone recently cut the base off of their Naniwa hone and found that it was held in place with three spots of adhesive. I highly doubt that you are in any peril of the glue releasing the hone from the base.

Soak it for 5 minutes or so and you'll be fine. There have been a couple of cases of people leaving them in water and they come apart. I've also seen this happen with vintage coticules that were glued either to slate or to a belgian blue. I get two or three panic calls each year on this! To fix, just dry the two halves out really well and reglue with a quality epoxy. BTW, I really dislike the plastic box stone holder. It's not sturdy and doesn't hold the stone firm without movement or vibration. I put my Norton on a piece of rubberized shelf liner from Bed & Bath.

Originally Posted by Howard

BTW, I really dislike the plastic box stone holder. It's not sturdy and doesn't hold the stone firm without movement or vibration. I put my Norton on a piece of rubberized shelf liner from Bed & Bath.

I don't understand this. Are you talking about the plastic bases described by the OP as being glued to bottom of the Naniwa, or are you talking about the type of box that some come in that double as a honing base?

I have found the Naniwa SS bases to be perfectly stable.