Thread: Storage for Naniwa Stones

Hey all, I recently purchased a full set of Naniwa Superstones (from SRD, of course) and am looking for a way to store them. I have a 1K (on the way), 2K, 5K, 8K and 12K and am looking for a way to store my stones that will keep the dust away and protect the stones. Any suggestions?

I actually just leave mine out on a shelf in the washroom downstairs and rinse them off before I use them. You could let them dry and then put them back in the boxes they came in as an alternative.

Have fun.

Thanks Lynn! Wasn't sure if I needed to keep them away from dust and humidity/temperature controlled.

I store mine in the boxes, though I do let them air dry before putting them away.

Congratulations on picking up a set of Super Stones. Normally, I leave mine out like Lynn does but kept the boxes for situations like traveling to Yakima for the meet-up this weekend.

I keep mine in boxes in a closet so my wife doesnt touch them. She is accident prone. If she dropped my Chosera 1k, I might divorce her.....lol

I keep mine under tool table with slightly damp towel covering them. No problem so far.

I dry them completely, leaning at a 45 degree angle, and then put them back in the boxes.
Mine doesn't see much use these days, so I'm glad I kept the boxes for them

Same as others on here I let them dry and put them back in their boxes

Instead of cardboard boxes or bubble-wrap, I protect my hones with custom leather pouches. If I had the equipment and some discernible woodworking skills, I'd probably make custom boxes, but we have to work with what we've got.

Here are my Shaptons, showing the velcro closure:


It's a good thing the pouches are so easy to make, since my hone collection is growing (not all of these are razor hones, a bunch are for kitchen knives only):


And everyone with their clothes off, for you crazed honophiles out there, and you know who you are:


It's basically just a little cutting, a little sewing and some gluing. Get the leather and glue from Tandy, velcro from just about any hardware store. The simpler ones take about 10 minutes, while the big rectangular guys take longer to cut and glue.

If you lack even my basic sewing ability, there's always the glue-only option. I had some purple suede (got especially for the purple Welsh slate hone) that wasn't thick enough for the sewing machine. One night, as I was eating a burrito for dinner, I came up with this wrap idea for a Naniwa hone with the annoying stand. This is basically just a square of leather secured with a couple of patches of velcro. There's an extra layer of leather that protects the surface of the hone; the rest is there mostly to keep dust out. And to use up a little of that purple suede.


So there are options outside the cardboard box.