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That makes sense. I hone on a bench or table.

I appreciate everyone's input. I chose the aluminum backing given that various water stones are mounted to aluminum blanks for many if not all guided sharpening systems. I would assume if this was...

I finally found time to hone a few razors. I took my newly mounted stones, Naniwa SS, and lapped with a DMT 325 diamond plate. I found that the results were varied from stone to stone. The 5k and...

As I said at the beginning of this thread, I believe I was experiencing a deformation of the stone when holding it in my hand and lapping it. After a few conversations with different people in the...

If you think about it, water stones, Chosera, Spapton, etc., are adhered to a aluminum backing on the guided sharpening systems for knives (wicked edge, edge pro, KME). I do not believe it will...

Absolutely, that would be simple!

Here is what I ended up with, I used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive to attach the stones to the aluminum backing. They were each left clamped in a vice between two pieces of wood to ensure complete...

I decided to mount the stones to either 3" X 8" aluminum or stainless steel plates which will be cut this week. Still undecided if I use bondo or two part gorilla epoxy to attach. Thank you for the...

I am finding that while lapping, especially the Naniwa SS 8k (yellow), the stone does not seem to stay flat after use. I can mark it up, lap the pencil completely off, hone one razor, mark and lap...