Thread: Honing on a scratched BBW and Chosera 1K... would that harm a razor's edge?

Originally Posted by Kees

Have you still got some BBW left after one hour of rubbing? Should have worn the stone out or your diamond hone itself is worn. A flat hone surface is important, scratches are no problem.

I lapped it again more time and more carefully. I noticed this was actually caused by the sharp corners of my diamond plate. It's much better now.

Anyway, you say that scratches are no problem. You mean, they won't harm a razor's edge???

Thanks a lot

Typically the scratch is below the surface of the hone. As long as the edge isn't catching on it, it should be fine.

If you can feel it while honing, there's a problem.!! Lap it flat

If the scratches are coming from the diamond plate, then the plate needs to be "broken in" or worn from use. Lapping with wet/dry sandpaper on glass works well at removing such scratches and in lapping without introducing scratches until the lapping plate is broken in. I normally use a coarse DMT diamond plate for lapping, but it needs to be broken in to avoid scratching. But as has been said, if the scratching lies below the surface (not raising anything above), it's not an issue, just use it.