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  1. 08-10-2008, 06:21 PM #1
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    all right guys, I have searched here as well as google and not found what I was curious about. ebverybody seems to hone by hand. however i saw in a magazine article years ago a japanese sword maker who used donut shaped stones to sharpen his swords. they rotated and water trickled out onto the stone as it spun. you just hold the blade at proper angle going across the stone.

    does anybody haev any idea what I'm talking about? is my brain dead, was this obscure and that's why I find nothing on it? I seem to remember he went to 6000 grit but that the stones were available higher.

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    I have seen a similar machine hone microtome blades at Leiden University when I was a medical student.
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    Moviemaniac has one. It's called a Shinko machine and here's his video:

    YouTube - Honing a straight razor on a Shinko machine
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    The Japan Woodworker sells two honing machines. remember that making a sword is an entirely different process than razor maintenance .
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  • 08-11-2008, 11:33 AM #5
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    I was in Sears the other day and noticed that they carry them:

    Craftsman 7 in. Blade Sharpener
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  • 08-11-2008, 12:20 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
    I was in Sears the other day and noticed that they carry them:

    Craftsman 7 in. Blade Sharpener
    The link says that this machine has a 1000 grit grinding wheel. Seems to me that it wouldn't be much use for razors without finer grits.
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