So the consensus seems to be a dmt 325. Great thanks for the advice guys!
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So the consensus seems to be a dmt 325. Great thanks for the advice guys!
So how does this sound as a starter set:
Norton 4k/8k combo
12k naniwa finishing stone
Dmt 325 lapping stone
And a barbers hone for touchups
Good?
I've heard that before and accepted it as reasonable. Now I'm thinking about it and I'm not so sure. Does that mean if you lap a 12K stone with a DMT 325 (about 45 microns) that you get a grit of 325 for some period of time? How long? Is there anything one can do about it? Even using an ultra fine DMT plate (1200 grit, 9 microns) you would still ruin the usefullness of a 12K for awhile. If there's general agreement that this is the case I'm happy to accept it. I just hadn't thought it thru till now. Thoughts?
Woops...left out the part about using a plate of equal grit (12K in this example) but not sure if that woujld always work. I might have missed something but haven't seen the diamond plates in grits above 1200.
The 12k will do fine for touchups no need for a barber hone. But other wise just fine.
mumpig,
For a short time the higher grit hone will have peaks and valley's of the lower grit. If the high grit hone is a hard natural or barber hone it will take a long time to wear to the bottom of the valley's. In the mean time it may leave relatively deep groves in the razor. In the Did I break my new Swaty thread gssixgun suggested rubbing the lapped barber hone with an arky to smooth it.
Jonathan
I should have mentioned that if you are using the diamond hone to raise a slurry that the slurry seems to take care of the valley's. But if you use the diamond hone to lap a barber hone that you will use dry it may be very aggressive for a while until the surface is worn down to the bottom of the valley's.
Jonathan
I use a lapping hone for flattening my stones. Attachment 118572