Thread: The light shines

Gary, when the Norton gunks up beyond soap and brush scrub, use pumace stone under thin stream of water, and lap with circular motion. Should not be that often. Only when you cannot remove the black glaze with normal soap and water cleaning routine...

Nenad

Originally Posted by urleebird

You would not even need a single stone if you had this system. I have stones because they are convenient for sharpening multiple razors. If I broke down and bought 2 or 3 more glass plates to keep 800, 1200, and 2000 paper on them, I'd be all set.

I use my system the most for stropping pastes on different leather plates than for actual sharpening duties. I use the system on just about every razor that leaves my shop.

I get a better overall job from Keith's system than with stones, but it is more time consuming because of sandpaper changes. The way Keith treats the glass though, the paper can be used multiple times. I have to say that I use stones more, but it's because it's faster to grab a stone from the water bucket than change sandpaper grits on the scary system. It can also be a pain to keep the proper grits in stock.

I would not consider Keith's system a frivolous purchase or consider owning it as throwing my money around. As a matter of fact, if you were short on money, Keith's system would be a better choice than investing in multiple stones.

judging by the way the system keeps popping up in honemiester conversations I was expecting that this would be the consensus yet this is the first time anyone has actually said this in the open so to speak. I think I will be getting it .

It's worth every penny. I don't use mine for actual honing much, but it's so convenient to throw a leather pad with compound on for stropping. I get better results with stones for honing, but that's mostly because that's the way I taught myself to do it. For stropping though (IMO) it can't be beat...and you have multiple pads to try different compounds on, so you can experiment a bit, and find out what each blade "likes" to get the best results.

I lapped mine after about 200 or so pyramids I think, but I still wasn't sure I needed to. I'm going to try the pencil thing when I think I need to again.

X

I lap my Norton hones, lighty, before ever honng session.
The reason is that I like to refresh the surface for maximum cutting action.