Thread: Help with lapping of very large hone

What it was used for was knives by last ovner. What it was made for I have no idea. Pics will be when I get home and there is some decent light left. So far work long hours or there is rain. I do not want to take pictures in bad light as then you can not see interesting pattern on it.

Rain....Rain....what the heck is that?

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Rain....Rain....what the heck is that?

I'll ship you some from Belgium. We've been having a surplus for the last couple of months.

This'd be a great hone to go with that 17" $16,000 razor that was in a thread a couple of weeks ago.


and another good candidate in this post.

There are lengths of sandpaper used on belt sanders, 4 x 36, 6 x 48 , 24 x75 for the big "Time Saver" commercial sanders. I would get one of the big belts and cut it so that it is all one long strip. Then I would use WD40 as a lubricant so that the binder in the belt would not dissolve.

Hope this helps,

I have got those already as well self adherent belt used on top of skateboards however they do not go above 180 grit.

I have some that go to 500 grit. FWIW, try trugrit.com and see what they have available. IIRC they will cut to order.

Thank you. I have made some pictures today. I will try to post them asap.

Cant see that such a big stone would be that useful TBH, might be better to have it cut down to 5 8X3's

I actually agree that it would be more useful cut down...and much easier to lap the smaller ones. I've never had a need for any hone to be wider than 3" & many of my naturals are in the 2" +/- range.