Lapping Stone?

[adonnellyr]

Could someone give me some information on THIS lapping stone?

Is it just used for previously lapped stones that need a quick touch-up before use? Or could I use this to lap a new stone at its 220 grit then move up to some 600 wet/dry or something? If so, I might pick this up for quick lap/cleanings of my Naniwas before use...

Thoughts?

 

[gugi]

i dont think you need anything else after this hone.
whether it works well on anything else but the naniwa is the main question

it's a new product and at this point SRD is probably the most qualified to give you an opinion

 

[bones59]

It looks like the Norton lapping plate. I don't have any experience with ether. I'd bet it will be scared if you show it the Chinese 12k
I remember lapping one of those mothers on a glass plate with wet/dry sandpaper, and I don't look forward to doing another. As far as the plate in question. I think it looks like its for softer water stones.

 

[adonnellyr]

It looks like the Norton lapping plate. I don't have any experience with ether. I'd bet it will be scared if you show it the Chinese 12k
I remember lapping one of those mothers on a glass plate with wet/dry sandpaper, and I don't look forward to doing another. As far as the plate in question. I think it looks like its for softer water stones.

Haha, yah, I've decided to just use it on my Naniwas. The Chinese 12K will be another matter...

 

[Utopian]

Naniwa claims that it designed the Norton lapping stone so I would assume that the SRD lapping stone is fairly similar to the Norton Lapping stone, which has a lot more information available about it. Either one should work just fine, Don't even think about using either one for any natural hone, you will simply ruin your lapping hone.

As the SRD description states, these lapping stone will leave scratches in the finer Naniwas. That does not impair the function of the Naniwa hones, but it will slightly change their feel during the honing stroke. I tried lapping my Naniwas with the Norton lapping hone and a DMT8C but I didn't like the surface produced by either one. I guess that the DMT8C problem was primarily due to the fact that I have used it so much for lapping so many barber hones that its surface is probably no longer uniform. I could have bought a new DMT8C, but I instead opted to get the ridiculously expensive Shapton DGLP. (Of course, the DRLP is even more ridiculously expensive.) Anyway, I'm very happy with the surfaces produced by the DGLP and intend to use it only for lapping my Naniwas.

 

[adonnellyr]

Naniwa claims that it designed the Norton lapping stone so I would assume that the SRD lapping stone is fairly similar to the Norton Lapping stone, which has a lot more information available about it. Either one should work just fine, Don't even think about using either one for any natural hone, you will simply ruin your lapping hone.

As the SRD description states, these lapping stone will leave scratches in the finer Naniwas. That does not impair the function of the Naniwa hones, but it will slightly change their feel during the honing stroke. I tried lapping my Naniwas with the Norton lapping hone and a DMT8C but I didn't like the surface produced by either one. I guess that the DMT8C problem was primarily due to the fact that I have used it so much for lapping so many barber hones that its surface is probably no longer uniform. I could have bought a new DMT8C, but I instead opted to get the ridiculously expensive Shapton DGLP. (Of course, the DRLP is even more ridiculously expensive.) Anyway, I'm very happy with the surfaces produced by the DGLP and intend to use it only for lapping my Naniwas.

I think I'm going to use the lapping stone to lap all of the Naniwas, but then on the 8K and 12K use 800 grit wet/dry to finish the lapping, hopefully producing a nicer surface. Thoughts on that idea would be much appreciated

 

[Utopian]

I think I'm going to use the lapping stone to lap all of the Naniwas, but then on the 8K and 12K use 800 grit wet/dry to finish the lapping, hopefully producing a nicer surface. Thoughts on that idea would be much appreciated

I think that will be fine as long as you're willing to deal with the sandpaper each time. That is, you need to lap your Naniwas before each use, so you'll need to deal with the sandpaper each time. That's not a major inconvenience, it's just a little more trouble than a diamond plate, but functionally it should work just fine.

 

[Chimensch]

It looks a lot like my Norton Flattening stone and my recommendation is don't touch it with a ten foot pole. The problem is that it is made of an abrasive material that is easily detached. When I lap my Norton 4K/8K with it, at least half the slurry in the sink is from the flattening stone and it dishes really fast, even with very occasional use. I found out by accident that mine is no longer flat after very little use. If you're going to lap a whole set of hones, I recommend a DMT8C. The source for lapping stones that I trust more than SRD is Howard at the perfect edge.

 

[adonnellyr]

It looks a lot like my Norton Flattening stone and my recommendation is don't touch it with a ten foot pole. The problem is that it is made of an abrasive material that is easily detached. When I lap my Norton 4K/8K with it, at least half the slurry in the sink is from the flattening stone and it dishes really fast, even with very occasional use. I found out by accident that mine is no longer flat after very little use. If you're going to lap a whole set of hones, I recommend a DMT8C. The source for lapping stones that I trust more than SRD is Howard at the perfect edge.

I would think the only wear it would see would be from another hone. I fail to understand how that would cause a surface to no longer be flat. Can you explain this a bit more? The only disadvantage I can see is the plate wearing away quickly...

 

[Chimensch]

I would think the only wear it would see would be from another hone. I fail to understand how that would cause a surface to no longer be flat. Can you explain this a bit more? The only disadvantage I can see is the plate wearing away quickly...

I don't really know why it happens. The instructions that came with the NFS say that it will eventually need to be lapped while a DMT 8C will never need to be lapped. You could lap your hones on abrasive paper and you want a lapping plate to avoid that, so why would you get a flattening stone that needs to be lapped itself?

 

[English]

I have the Naniwa 800/5000 superstone combo and a Chosera 10k which is softer.

All of the above are soft stones and wet and dry paper is just great. Just remember to wash the surface of the wet and dry before and during use.

I use 1000 grit on the high grit hones and 240 0r 400 grit on the low grit hones.

If you have a rubbing stone, don't forget to lap that as well. If you haven't got one, I strongly suggest you get one.