Thread: Norton's shredding my edge...

I think I've fixed the problem. I ended up just getting more sandpaper and lapping the heck out of the stone for a while. It seemed like there were little tiny pockets, almost like what an air bubble would leave, on the surface.

Also, some of the gritty feeling was coming from the edge of the stone, which seems a bit uneven. If the edge of the stone comes into contact with the shoulder of the blade, near the shank, it feels rough.

But now the flat working surface is smooth. I'm not quite passing the hanging hair test yet, but most parts of the blade will snap a hair dragged across it.

Thanks for all the help.

You can use more 600 grit sandpaper to put a clean bevel on the edge of the norton. I do that on all my hones. It also seems to make the edges less likely to chip.