Thread: Arkansas vs Norton

So, the surface is to coarse on the stone to start use it on my razor then, hmm...

With a 600 grit paper (wet or dry), i get a decent surface to start honing. I guess it that is done for both 4000 and 8000 grit sides? Is a lead pencil ok to make the grid on the stone? I guess the lead is the softest and shows the surface best while preparing it.

I was thinking of putting the sandpaper on a plane surface and then, with light pressure, rub the stone circular until the grid is gone. Should i continue with a fine sandpaper after that or is it enough?

When you used a piece of glass, what kind of glass did you have? I'm a bit worried i will get "hills and valleys" on the stone when i start preparing it.

Regards,

Rikard

it is really just about using a flat surface. for me glass was the flatest i could find and easiest to use. some use tiles (slate or something) from the hardware store. you can also start a lower grit and work you way up. i guess i should have said that since this will be the first time the stone is being lapped. the first time i lapped mine i went 320 to 600 to 1500 which was OK but i think the 1500 left some grit embedded so i went back to the 600 and left it at that. these weren't exactly high end paper brands though. since then i have used 1000 grit norton paper and it worked good. between 600 and 1000 is fine as far as i have read and used.

any pencil is fine as you will be sanding it off anyways, pens tend to soak ink into the stone apparently, i didn't try it.

what do you mean by plane surface? just out of curiousity. again it just needs to be as flat as possible, the glass i use was a piece of tempered shelf glass i had sitting around.

good luck. i'm sure it will work fine.

Hi again!

Thanks for your informative post

With plane i dont mean Aeroplane , its just my bad "englsh". Sometimes i have hard time finding the right word. I guess 100% flat is the correct word to use....

Hope i haven't messed you up

Soon my stone will arrive from GB and by then i will be prepared.

Regards,

Rikard

Originally Posted by reaction

=With plane i dont mean Aeroplane , its just my bad "englsh". Sometimes i have hard time finding the right word. I guess 100% flat is the correct word to use....

no i thought you meant the platform on a wood planer. ha! i was way off. but hey as long as its flat right.

so now you are playing the waiting game eh? well there is lots to read on here in the mean time. good luck!