First set of stones, questions and advice
After a long wait and collecting razors for a while I picked up a used set of shapton glass stones and kit. But with this comes alot of learning to now figure out what I can do and what I have.
The set as far as I can tell was used, not much, but not well either. Many of the stones were put away with swarf on them, questionable if they were flattened that often, but don't look like they were used heavy.
Where I am, is figuring out what my steps are to move forward with them and then actually start honing some of the old razors I picked up.
I have taken 3 stones 1k,2k and 4k and did the pencil grid on them and lapped them on the DGLP using lots of water and a figure 8 motion. They seemed to clean up very nice, removed all signs of use. the 4k may have been used less as it seems the chamfer areas were larger on it than the 1k and 2k stone. I had a 1k and 4k separate from this kit with little to no use. And they are quite white. The stones I lapped seemed to have very tiny black specs in them, that seem to be part of the material and is definitely left over swarf. The newer stones seem to appear more white, but I have not lapped them yet.
Now before I jump into the other stones, Is the technique correct for flattening these stones?
And a concern with the DGLP it "looks" like it is more worn all over the plate then right on the edges. Is this normal? Its just that the edges of the plate seem to have a slightly different hue than the edges. Or how does one tell if it has been abused? I can see tiny bits of sparkle all over the plate so it looks like it does have the diamond coating covering the entire plate.
The Kit I picked up used, has. Pond, Stone Holder, DGLP, stones 220,500,1k,2k,4k,8k,12k,30k
I have extra 1k and 4k stones in addition to the above equipment. the 1k stone as a tiny chip in it that would take a VERY long time to lap out. (Photo Link)
Can this stone be used for razors? Or is there something I can do to smooth out or fix that chip so it will not be a problem. Or set it asside and use the other 1k and keep this one for kitchen knifes.
I am looking at getting all of the stones lapped and ready so I can start learning to hone. Another note is, one of the original papers says to not use any stone on the DGLP that is less than 500 grit. I have only used the one 1k stone on it thus far and would prefer to avoid the 500 even though it says it is ok.
But what does one use to flatten the 220, and 500 stone then? And is it worth picking up the 320 grit as I plan on doing old antique store finds to fix up and use. I had 4 razors here honed by Lynn recently for comparison when I start honing.
I was going to take a photo of the DGLP to show its condition but the battery in my camera died. Have to wait for it to charge.
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