Thread: Norton 4/8k

I'm lookin to purchase one of these bad boys,any suggestions were to get one?

i bought mine last week on amazon $86.63

TT, 'Don't know if you've checked straightrazordesigns, but you'll likely be wanting a DMT 325 if you don't have one already. 'Handy for lapping a new (waterstones only) stone flat, or for raising a slurry during honing. SRD's prices on the DMT were the best, last time I looked. A local retailer said that was the price he paid wholesale.

And as the man said, don't forget to lap the hone before you use it. I recently bought a brand spanking new 4000/8000 Norton and it was all gritty and uneven. I used 400 grit sandpaper on my ceramic hob (the wife was out) and it worked really well. Both of my forearms are now completely bald

I read somewhere that recent Nortons are from Mexico, and are not as good as the ones made in the USA. Something about the new 8k Norton left streaks. Could it be that the person did not lap the stone first? Or, is the quality of new Nortons not as good?

No idea - I'm pretty new to honing myself - just had a nice shave with an old Hellberg razor I honed. The thing hadn't been sharp for over 50 years I'd say...

Like an idiot I tried to hone a few razors with the Norton fresh out of the box (but soaked, of course) - and I could barely get an arm shave with it. Having flattened and smoothened the stones out I was mowing arm hairs like a demon gardener. And it gave a nice close facial shave too :P. I'm quite pleased with it now that it's 'gritty bits' are gone and it's flat. And I'm quite pleased with myself for learning how to hone in just a week or so.

I had my first razor honed by Neil Miller and I'm glad I did. Because of that I had something to compare my own work to and I now also understand why a 12K stone would be nice to have... but not strictly necessary.... And I must say that Neil's work was excellent - both the honing, but also the repinning and polishing.

Search "JaNorton" on here read, watch, learn, have a ton of fun hehehehe

The Norton 4K/8K is continues to be a very good stone so long as you lap both sides past the grainy stuff to where both sides become smooth. I still go through 2 of these stones a year, so they get a lot of use and the results are consistently nice with them.

Have fun.

Check out theperfectedge, They have the Norton 4K/8K and will lap it for you too, saving you the trouble.

Originally Posted by Lynn

The Norton 4K/8K is continues to be a very good stone so long as you lap both sides past the grainy stuff to where both sides become smooth. I still go through 2 of these stones a year, so they get a lot of use and the results are consistently nice with them.

Have fun.

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Lynn

Can you give us an idea of how much surface must be removed to get past the grainy stuff? More than a 1/16"or less than that? Thanks in advance.

JERRY
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