Thread: Chinese Synthetics

DVW they also make a 140 plate for $30, I have beat one for years and it still laps stone, makes repairs, big chip removal on knives and tools and any other task for hogging off steel.

Great stone for the price, follow up with the 400/1k makes a nice combo. For tools I use Windex or Simple Green as a lubricant.

Kim, it depends on what you plan to do with razors, eBay/ Junker restores where a lot of chip removal and reprofiling, the1k may be better. I have a 2k Naniwia Green Brick that I like a lot when there are no chips to remove. The 2k makes shallower stria, so you can make a larger jumps, 6k is easy. You will spend a lot less time refining the 2k stria.

The 1k will give you a wider range of utility, but they both work.

You should be fine with the 1.5k, just go easy with the final laps and use Windex or Simple green. A drop of dish soap works, but I do not like the foam. I like Windex best. Excess pressure will cause chipping and can rip the diamonds from the plate.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

DVW they also make a 140 plate for $30, I have beat one for years and it still laps stone, makes repairs, big chip removal on knives and tools and any other task for hogging off steel.

Great stone for the price, follow up with the 400/1k makes a nice combo. For tools I use Windex or Simple Green as a lubricant.

Kim, it depends on what you plan to do with razors, eBay/ Junker restores where a lot of chip removal and reprofiling, the1k may be better. I have a 2k Naniwia Green Brick that I like a lot when there are no chips to remove. The 2k makes shallower stria, so you can make a larger jumps, 6k is easy. You will spend a lot less time refining the 2k stria.

The 1k will give you a wider range of utility, but they both work.

You should be fine with the 1.5k, just go easy with the final laps and use Windex or Simple green. A drop of dish soap works, but I do not like the foam. I like Windex best. Excess pressure will cause chipping and can rip the diamonds from the plate.

No restoring, so the 2k should be good. Do you use Windex on the Naniwa as well?

No, plain water. I use Windex on Diamond plates to hone steel. It works a bit better than plain water.

You do not want to use soap, or simple green on synthetic stones, it will eat the binder on some stones or cause them to crack.

I put a drop of liquid dish soap on a Norton 8k once, and it ate a divot in the stone in seconds.

A Diamond plate will load up eventually, I make a slurry of Barkeepers Friend and water and let sit for 10-15 minutes, then scrub with a stiff finger nail brush. You will be amazed at how it revives a Diamond plate.

So, if they feel like they are not cutting or get rusty, Barkeepers will revive them. Barkeepers is Oxilic Acid, it is hard on the hands but will not harm you.

appreciate these useful informations. Many thanks.