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

I am not happy!

I was honing a new razor i received today, i just finished setting the bevel with my 1k shapton glass stone, went to put it aside and..... CRACK! i dropped it on the kitchen tiles!

I attempted to save it with my foot but that just ended up hurting my foot and kicking the stone a little further.

At first i didn't think there was any damage and there was a sigh of relief, then i noticed a small chip on the edge so i got out my diamond stone and rounded the edge... This would be when i noticed the slurry running in to a crack, forming a black line through the stone where it cracked..

GRRR!

Is it time to give up yet? I ordered my new stone so i guess not but man am i mad at my self! If anyone else had of dropped my stone i probably wouldn't have cared as much but i feel like an idiot doing it myself!

Ah well, it will still be ok for my kitchen knives...

UGH .... A pic is something I dont think any of us want to see.....
Sorry to hear this... but it happens and well ... what can you say.

I feel for you and wish you the best with the new one.

At least you didnt drop the razor and catch it with your foot! How bad is the crack? Sometimes you can just lap them flat and no harm done.

It sounds like you lost your tempered because of some slurry running into your glass crack.


Awhile back someone wanted to cut some shaptons in half to make narrower hones. They cracked like crazy.
IIRC the person mounted them on another piece of glass and they continued to perform ok after lapping.

Maybe that would work.

Sorry to hear this. just thank yourself that nobody got hurt in this 'accident'. Hope you can lap out the serious damage.

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'.

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