I have a Naniwa Super Stone progression (1k, 3k, 5k, 8k, 12k).
I went through the 1k very quickly, mostly because I was completely new to honing.
I started honing with a Titan and a Gold Dollar. I did thousands of laps because I expected the Stone to just work. Have I Made some repairs and modifications to those razors before putting them on the stone, or didn't waste steel and stone mindlessly with heavy pressure and no strategy as how to hit the bevel evenly, it wouldn't go Down the drain like it did.
But still, even after figuruing out how to set a bevel, these stones need constant lapping to clean Up swarf build up. I use a 150 or 600 plate for lapping.
Use of slurry does help to limit swarf build up. But I still need to finish the Stone on water and that takes 20 laps to load Up swarf. Soon, the whole progression will go Down the drain, not just the 1k.
Any ideas as how to prolong their lifetime? Is replacing these stones (after naniwas are gone) with shapton glass stones a step in the right direction as to getting a Stone that doesn't need constant lapping?
I went through the 1k very quickly, mostly because I was completely new to honing.
I started honing with a Titan and a Gold Dollar. I did thousands of laps because I expected the Stone to just work. Have I Made some repairs and modifications to those razors before putting them on the stone, or didn't waste steel and stone mindlessly with heavy pressure and no strategy as how to hit the bevel evenly, it wouldn't go Down the drain like it did.
But still, even after figuruing out how to set a bevel, these stones need constant lapping to clean Up swarf build up. I use a 150 or 600 plate for lapping.
Use of slurry does help to limit swarf build up. But I still need to finish the Stone on water and that takes 20 laps to load Up swarf. Soon, the whole progression will go Down the drain, not just the 1k.
Any ideas as how to prolong their lifetime? Is replacing these stones (after naniwas are gone) with shapton glass stones a step in the right direction as to getting a Stone that doesn't need constant lapping?