Thread: Newbie,hone and irritation!

4K/8K Norton is all you need for the time being, after the 8K go to the leather strop if you do not have a pasted strop. Jury is still out whether or not you need the linen.

If the back side of the leather strop is very smooth you could put paste on it however if you want to use pastes you better get yourself a bench strop. As no haning leather strop is perfectly flat you may get uneven wear when you use it with pastes.

I've decided to buy the Norton 4k/8k and Lynn's DVD from Classic Shaving.
Do I need a lapping stone?Is there other ways of flattening the stone?


//Victor

Originally Posted by woork

I've decided to buy the Norton 4k/8k and Lynn's DVD from Classic Shaving.
Do I need a lapping stone?Is there other ways of flattening the stone?


//Victor

You have made a wise decision. Lynn's DVD will help you learn how to hone and the Norton 4K/8K will suit you well. I've always lapped my stone with a fine grit sandpaper. However, using sandpaper is becoming problematic because I like to lap my stone each time I hone a razor, and as the number of razors that I own have increased, so has the number of times I have to hone. So sandpaper as a lapping device has become somewhat inefficient. I recommend just buying the Norton Lapping stone, as it would be a good investment for the future.

How do you lap with sandpaper?What grit?

I cannot find any lappingstones on Classic Shaving..

I'm buying my lapping stone from Vintage Blades Vintage*Blades*LLC*::...

For lapping with sandpaper, I pretty much follow this procedure:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...ing-101-a.html

Originally Posted by woork

How do you lap with sandpaper?What grit?

I cannot find any lappingstones on Classic Shaving..

Hi and welcome, it's always nice to see some more Scandinavians here!

For lapping you could use the following options, in ascending order of cost:

- sandpaper on a flat surface i.e glasspalte, granite tile, or a flat countertop
- A Norton lapping stone
- A DMT C which is a course diamond hone from DMT Sharpners
- A Atoma diamond plate
- A Shapton GDLP

The most cost effective solution is a DMT C, IMHO as for the sandpaper grit I used 400, before getting a DMT C.

I lap Thuringian hones, Eschers and coticules with 220 followed by 400 grit sandpaper on a kitchn work top. As I never had one I am not sure that would work on a Norton as well.

Originally Posted by Kees

I lap Thuringian hones, Eschers and coticules with 220 followed by 400 grit sandpaper on a kitchn work top. As I never had one I am not sure that would work on a Norton as well.

You didn't need to lap that Hohenzollern I sold you though, did you Kees?

I should never have let that one go. Escher Schmescher.

Chris L

Originally Posted by Chris L

You didn't need to lap that Hohenzollern I sold you though, did you Kees?

I should never have let that one go. Escher Schmescher.

Chris L

No I didn't. I have always wondered why you sold it.

I recently scored a vintage natural combo coicule/Belgian blue that had been used as an oil stone. After sanding the finest coticule I ever saw emerged.

Originally Posted by Kees

No I didn't. I have always wondered why you sold it.

I recently scored a vintage natural combo coicule/Belgian blue that had been used as an oil stone. After sanding the finest coticule I ever saw emerged.

How did you finally get the oil out of it ?