Thread: Strange thing happened ... (regarding a hone of course@!)

Hi Mike,

I've got a Frictionite I bought new in Jr. High, for sharpening a reed knife. Rather than lapping down below that divot, I'd just get the hone flat and round off the divot's edges with sandpaper over a pencil eraser or something like that.

I'd lap it out to 600 or even 1000. The grit density is very high in the hone, and I imagine a checkerboard of high spots close to your final lapping grit. Each of those high spots will be very scratchy. You can probably wear them down a little against the back side of a DMT plate, or on the top of a jeweler's anvil. Or lap with a very light hand at the end; that's probably the best solution.

My Frictionite came with a little cleaning stone, which is long lost. It would rub the glaze from the Frictionite surface.

I don't really know about grit size; will defer to others. Congrats on the cool score!