Thread: Norton Prep Stone

Just wondering if the Norton Prep Stone is used by many people to help them raise a slurry on the Norton? I don't think I have ever seen mention of it here.

I just happened to come across it at Vintage Blades, and it got me thinking do I need it or not?

Thanks

John

BUMP

...'cause I'm curious too. I'm going to be ordering a Norton 4K/8K in the near future, and wonder if this is recomended by anyone.

-whatever

-Lou

Im not sure about the whole 'prep'stone but i have heard a few of the folks here do use a nagura stone to raise a slurry, i dont have one for my 4/8k but i do however have one for my Tam O Shanter Water of Ayr stone , which is a natural stone from scotland and is obscenely slow cutting, the rubbing stone when used making the slurry helps it cut that wee bit faster....(btw I got this info from someone else,Im not that clever...lol)so for me it was a learning process but I did need it.

Hope this may help you in your quest....

simon

I could be wrong, but I think the Norton prep stone is for lapping. I didn't think the Norton's used a slurry.

Jordan

There is a Norton Prep Stone and a Norton Laping Stone. Two different animals. The Norton Prep is not a Nagra Stone it is synthetic. I forgot the site where I bought mine, but just do a Google Search for Norton Prep Stone and it will come up. I know I paid $12 for mine

Originally Posted by vincebell

There is a Norton Prep Stone and a Norton Laping Stone. Two different animals. The Norton Prep is not a Nagra Stone it is synthetic. I forgot the site where I bought mine, but just do a Google Search for Norton Prep Stone and it will come up. I know I paid $12 for mine

So please tell does it make any difference or not, is it worth it?

Thanks

John

Like everything else with straight razors it's a preference. I bought the Prep Stone just to try it. I like to experment. Just because I liked it, dosen't mean you will. What I did like is not flipping the stone from one side to another. Did my razor come out any sharper? I think so, but not enough to say it's worth it.

The only thing I can say for sure it that it was more relaxing for me to stay on one side of the hone at a time. Would I recommend it as a prefered way of honning, no.

To many other Masters of this site have given solid advice on how to hone a straight razor. this was just an experiment I tried and I liked. I guess it comes down to that old tv commericial. Try it you'll like it.

If your at the point where you are comfortible with your honning and want to experiment, try it. If your not, then stick to what you have been doing successfully until you master putting an edge on your razor.

Again, this was just an experiment

Originally Posted by vincebell

Like everything else with straight razors it's a preference. I bought the Prep Stone just to try it. I like to experment. Just because I liked it, dosen't mean you will. What I did like is not flipping the stone from one side to another. Did my razor come out any sharper? I think so, but not enough to say it's worth it.

The only thing I can say for sure it that it was more relaxing for me to stay on one side of the hone at a time. Would I recommend it as a prefered way of honning, no.

To many other Masters of this site have given solid advice on how to hone a straight razor. this was just an experiment I tried and I liked. I guess it comes down to that old tv commericial. Try it you'll like it.

If your at the point where you are comfortible with your honning and want to experiment, try it. If your not, then stick to what you have been doing successfully until you master putting an edge on your razor.

Again, this was just an experiment

I want to bump this old thread to ask a question.

Vince - I just received my Norton 4k/8k, Lapping Stone and Prep Stone and I have a quick question for you....


....how do you use the Prep Stone, and how does it keep you from having to flip from one side to the other? Mine didn't come with any instructions.

Thanks!

-whatever

-Lou

John,
I got so many requests for the Norton Prep Stone that I am now carrying them and am shipping them all over the world. People like them and at $12 it's not much of an investment. They definitely do raise a lot of slurry fast. Slurry is the name of the game.

I use a very unorthodox way of honning so I'm not going to go into that, but The Norton Prep Stone is a valuable tool for me.

Here is how you use it.

Soak, the stone in water for 5 minutes. Then rub a figure 8 pattern all over the Norton and work up a nice slurry.

A word about the Norton Prep Stone. Do not leave it soaking with your stones if you leave them in water, it will deteroriate.