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if i am honing my razor with a 400 grit norton waterstone is it normal for there to be a slight sound as the blade goes across the stone? i have a dovo special but am practicing honing with a cheap thing i got online for 20 bucks. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.
What kind of a sound is it?
I JUST finished honing a blade from start to finish, so I worked on the norton 4000. It does make a sound when honing on it, but it's kind of a smooth gliding sound, and very consistent throughout the stroke. Is it lapped properly? I ask because if it's not perfectly flat then there will be extra pressure on some parts of the blade due to the high and low spots on the stone, causing a different sound.
If you're still a honing newbie, than perhaps you're having trouble keeping the blade perfectly flat on the hone throughout the stroke. When I was first learning I found this difficult, and as a result caused a not-so-smooth sound when honing. Perhaps this is why? :shrug:
i a m a honing newbie. lol wat exactly does lapping refer to?
get some sandpaper and a flatsurface and lapp your stone on it. Make sure you draw a grid on it..There's actually a section on how to lapp your hone in the Wiki.
Lapping just means flattening the stone. Do what Dups said and check out the Wiki and search for lapping. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kropy90
thanks guys. but dont the hones come completely flet when they r new?
Some do, some don't. (It's easier to do it yourself and "know" they're flat...besides, if you use a grid you'll see that it's flat from the get-go and not waste much time. Because of this it's worth it.)
Then as you use them they "dish out" our get worn unevening...then you got lap 'em again.