Thread: I dropped my 'Shapton on tempered glass' stone on my kitchen tiles!

I was feeling sorta lucky when i only saw the chip, the crack is what annoyed me!

I can feel the crack with my finger but I could probably still use it with some lapping and the crack is close to the edge but.... I needed some OCD spending to make me feel better.

Note to self: Don't hone in the kitchen....

I guess i'm lucky that it was only the 1k as they aren't too expensive, it could have been much worse. If i doped a 30k or had have cracked a kitchen tile or dropped the razor on my foot like nun2sharp said i think i would have been much more upset then how I'm feeling now...

Thanks guys!

Edit: maybe i cant Lapp it, the piece moves slightly. The glue they use must be slightly rubbery..

Bad luck Brighty. I have mats down on my kitchen floor & a big rubber mat in my garage work area but razors or stones can still find their way to a hard surface. Which way does the crack run ? I mean if you use an x stroke you only need half a shapton to hone on.

The crack did run diagonally. It runs all the way through the stone now, i wasn't expecting to beadle to cut it but i gave it a go anyway... wow, HNSB, these stones really don't cut do they!

If it had have cut i would have been left with 2/3 of the stone.. now i have none

After a 115mm diamond - glass cutting disk


Why did they have to use tempered glass, why not normal glass!

I found the thread I was thinking of: http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...s-results.html

Unfortunately yours didn't turn out as well as Chris'.

Originally Posted by HNSB

I found the thread I was thinking of: http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...s-results.html

Unfortunately yours didn't turn out as well as Chris'.

It must be a 'Chris' thing to try and cut shapton stones.

I can imagine how it went:

1.) Hand slipping from the stone, momentarily lifting the forcefull grip of brighty the mighty
2.) Stone falling, accelerating at a staggering rate
3.) At the peak of acceleration the impact seems inevitable
4.) Brighty thinking: "come on gravity, you used to be cool" trying to prevent the worst
5.) Shaptons masterpiece shattering into pieces
6.) Brighty shaking one single angry fist thinking "damn you, Isaac Newton for inventing the gravity!"



I´m very sorry to hear your stone got hurt, though

When the new Shapton 1k arrives, simply close this chapter and shuffle on down to the rubber mat store.

Case closed............

At least it's replaceable. Will the glass separate ? Can you maybe glue the stone to another piece ?

I have tried, every time i chip the glass off a piece of the stone breaks too

Originally Posted by Brighty83

I have tried, every time i chip the glass off a piece of the stone breaks too

Glue the back to a new base with epoxy resin. that should keep the glass from detaching.