Thread: Scratches on wedges from honing?

I have seen it a few times and it tends to follow my diamond stones. Shows up on knives too. My guess was that it was a piece of slurry or something.

Perhaps it is some of the slurry that builds up while honing? I have noticed it rarely all rinses off.

Might be worth mentioning it usually happens mostly while setting a bevel too. Slurry is one thing I've thought about. If that were it is there any antidote or do people just leave scratches on their freshly honed razors?

Yes Yes and Yes ....Exactly Alex and inevitably it only happens on a near perfect mirror finish
I think yer dead on with the piece of errant slurry or the rocking motion, I have been trying to rinse the stones more often, and hope for the best. I was really hoping that it was a Norton problem and when I switch over next week to Shaptons that it will disappear

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Yes Yes and Yes ....Exactly Alex and inevitably it only happens on a near perfect mirror finish
I think yer dead on with the piece of errant slurry or the rocking motion, I have been trying to rinse the stones more often, and hope for the best. I was really hoping that it was a Norton problem and when I switch over next week to Shaptons that it will disappear

switch? I thought the shaptons were merely an addition... wow this is all so sudden

RIP Norton

My wedge also has these scratches as well.