Thread: How did barbers hone a wedge in the olden days?

Originally Posted by edhewitt

A diamond plate does sort of solve this one doesn't it Os, but what if it is out of true should I use 2 other plates to lap it flat?




Sorry couldn't resist

LOL, you're not helping

This thread has all the intellectual enlightenment of a Google edit war. It jumped the shark when "I was recruited by Google" was played as some sort of trump card, "I can prove my point mathematically" notwithstanding.

This argument is like two stones grinding together; it is quickly approaching zero but is not unique.

Or do I mean three stones... DAMMIT.

Originally Posted by JazzWillie

I took the time to read every post and decided this thread went so far down the path of minutia with no real resolve that I knew there was an applicable Calvin and Hobbes strip to put here. In my search for the most ideal one to post I found myself being entertained and realized that I may not be able to find an applicable Calvin and Hobbes comic strip for this particular occasion but I shall search for a future post. A comic strip so enlightening and yet youthful that it may well halt the progress of debate over the proper or improper methods which may or may not have been used as popular method 20 generations ago to flatten stones. I yearn for such an applicable comic strip.

Oh no! More minutiae, and not even on-topic, gulp!

Regards,
Neil

Yupper, this thread is getting a tad excruciating.

Bob

Wow this one went way

Little history

This is at least the 3rd time the 3 stone method has been discussed here that I recall with pretty much the same results..

To be accurate it works, and has worked for many years, why the 3 and not 2 ???
I would guess that over the years they figured out that 2 stones will begin to mirror each other, at least that is what I have read... (problems breed solutions) I do know however that I am not taking the time to test the theory out..

The 3 stone system was mostly used for people sharpening tools especially chisels and plane irons, it was designed for like stones

The system fell out a favor with the introduction of super accurate and level Lapping Plates / Blocks

It is pretty much a no/go for most SR users because we simply don't use 3 identical stones enough to own 3 of the same..
In fact the only hones we use enough pressure on to actually have any dishing issues is the 1k and even that is rare..

Once again the exact same old discussion that we keep having over the same old un-needed method... (good method to know for when the Doomsday Apocalypse happens)



ps: If you missed the Irony here, we went from arguing that old timers used Dished hones to arguing about how old timers lapped their hones to keep them flat

When I buy a cupped hone on the bay 1st thing I do is lap it flat on the kitchen work top with one piece of sandpaper. Works a treat. Would it be better if I use 2 different worktops and 2 pieces of sandpaper?

Originally Posted by Kees

Whn I buy a cupped hone on the bay 1st thing I do is lap it flat on the kitchen work top with one piece of sandpaper. Works a treat. Would it be better if I use 2 different worktops and 2 pieces of sandpaper?

only if you can lap the worktops and sandpaper on each other as part of the lapping trifector.

Originally Posted by Kees

When I buy a cupped hone on the bay 1st thing I do is lap it flat on the kitchen work top with one piece of sandpaper. Works a treat. Would it be better if I use 2 different worktops and 2 pieces of sandpaper?

No it's all about 3 - three worktops and three pieces of sandpaper - whenever in doubt just google it. That's what 21st century is all about!

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Oh no! More minutiae, and not even on-topic, gulp!

Regards,
Neil

As it is written in the Google: 'Ye shall know them by their posting history.'

Originally Posted by gugi

No it's all about 3 - three worktops and three pieces of sandpaper - whenever in doubt just google it. That's what 21st century is all about!

But ivan the cupped hone is the 3rd part of the puzzle

Originally Posted by edhewitt

But ivan the cupped hone is the 3rd part of the puzzle

I don't know, counting is too hard for me. I will wait for one of the math geniuses to come back and explain it to me... or point me to google...