Thread: Anyone know what the grit is on a cushioned strop hone?

Interesting. So if the cushioned strop hone is 6K and the Lithide is 8K, that puts the Gem hone at 7K. So these three hones are closer together than I thought.

I think I'm closing in on my problem (as I explain in my thread in the Shaving forum). Short answer: I'm too heavy-handed, & I'm trying to do maintenance with the Lithide hone instead of strop paste. Both of these things are mistakes.

Originally Posted by Johnny J

Interesting. So if the cushioned strop hone is 6K and the Lithide is 8K, that puts the Gem hone at 7K. So these three hones are closer together than I thought.

I think I'm closing in on my problem (as I explain in my thread in the Shaving forum). Short answer: I'm too heavy-handed, & I'm trying to do maintenance with the Lithide hone instead of strop paste. Both of these things are mistakes.

I'd like to see other Lithide owners chime in here on their take on where they think the Lithide comes in grit wise. I'm only going by tactile feel. It's a finer albeit small stone, don't get me wrong; MUCH finer than a Royal brand combo "razor" hone I bought on Ebay awhile back (I don't think I'll ever even try to shave off that hone even the fine side seems so coarse!). My perception is that the Lithide if able to be considered a polishing stone would be at the lower end of that spectrum. Maybe just a few passes on the Lithide on an edge that just needs a tiny bit of TLC to refresh it and then a very good stropping would be just fine depending on the person.

Chris L

Anyway, not to turn this into a Lithide thread, but it's a cool little stone with a neat history if you know a bit about the history.

I got a set of three from that seller.

The longest hone is the fastest cutting, I'd say in the 4k neighborhood, given the fact it takes metal off about the same rate as my Norton 4k if you factor in the size difference of the stone.

The gray Gem hone is midrange, probably 6-8kish. I've produced shaveable edge right off it, but not the smoothest.

The third hone was the frictionite #24 mentioned in another thread.

Guessing at grits is tricky and maybe pointless. There's fast cutting, medium range and finishing, it's just a matter of learning how they work.

Friggin,

Wouldn't Johnny be surprised if you had told him that by actual measure it is infact a 5,463.87 grit hone? I'd, of coarse, disagree because it is really a 4,982.64, of coarse.