Thread: Norton 8K

The other day my son happened to use my nortons for his hunting knife. I did not think it was that big of deal as that I to use them for my knifes at times. I am not sure what he did but when I went to work on one of my razors I noticed he had dug scratches into the center of the stones. I lapped out the stones until the deep scratches in the center was gone, however, now I find I have scratches all over my 4/8K stones that will not lap out. I scrubbed and cleaned my lapping stone but that did not help either. Does anyone have an suggestions?

If the rest of the surface is flat and you can't feel them when you run a razor over them, it's no big deal.

What are you using to lap them. If the media is fine enough you should be able to take the scratches out.

I don't get the scratches-he must be digging in with the point. I sharpen some pretty big knives on my Nortons with just my usual few figure-8 cleaning laps with a DMT 325 (but no scratches). Have you tried a DMT?

I bet he's raising the heel as he comes off the stone on each stroke, dragging the point.

Kids.......