Thread: a stone question for repairing

ok hopefully this will not be moved, i need some info more about stones for repair more then honing. so here goes. i have got a double arrow off ebay. i know you say you get what you pay for, no issues there. but the metal seems to be a pretty good quality but the workmanship is really not there. so you say but get a better one, that isn't the point. i have been thought through out my life that one most crawl before walking. i believe in this whole heartly, so this leads me to my question for you all, i have bought a new tri stone from lowes. it has a really coarse stone that i have really no use for, not sure on the grit, pretty low i would say. if anyone have any idea on that, that would be great. well on the other side it has a medium arkansas white stone (the soft one). i need to find out what a general grit is on this one also. then it also have a fine grit arkansas white stone on it (the hard one). no idea on this one either. so you say what is my true question here, well i'm looking to getting into restoring and one day maybe even making razors. i need to know what are good grits to have in the workshop for metal polishing and fixing the metal on other areas then the blades. i tried to use the white stones but for the results i want they where to coarse. so now i have been alot of searching and found alot of different stone makes and grits. from what i came up with i think i got a list but i don't want to spend alot of money if i don't need to. i have found the norton starter kit for like 120 this takes care of the 220/1000 and the 4k/8k. so that leads me to the question should i go for like a 800 and a 1200 and maybe like a 2k if i could find one. this is all part of a master plan to have a true workshop built in about 6 and a half years. completely different story altogether. so please tell me what you all think and thanks


jason

I think I am reading your questions correctly...
For Razor Restoration that Norton set up for $120 is really about the best there is...
Now if I am reading the rest right, the types of stones yer looking for to work and smooth metal BESIDES the edge would probably be found at www.brownells.com or www.midwayusa.com where they would be used for smoothing up gun actions...
You might check with Howard at the Perfect Edge as I believe he carries slip stones in various configurations...

Honestly though I believe that most of the guys making razors use a belt grinder for most of the shaping of the actual razors... Maybe some of them can help you more....

For most work on edges which includes serious chips or really poor bevels the 220, followed by the 1K, 4K and 8K should suit you fine.

Now if you are looking at restoring blades, ie, grinding, then you probably won't need to drop down to a 60 grit, but a 220, 320, 400 and 800 in belts will take care of reshaping and getting the rust and pitting out. Actually you can remove a lot of that with scotchbrite belts although I have not been able to actually re-shape a spine on them like the other belts. Love my Bader.......

Have fun,

Lynn