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    Quote Originally Posted by paulallen View Post
    So has anyone tried to hone submerged?

    Actually, I have before:

    I had an Black Arkansas that was ****ing me off, and I tried every other way of honing with it...dry, oil, lather, slurry, naptha, water+soap, soap only, spritzed with water, running water et al.

    I took the damn thing, dunked it in the sink, and tried honing a razor like that. The stone still sucks. Also, honing under water is really hard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulallen View Post
    So has anyone tried to hone submerged?
    That would also get your whole razor wet, something that I avoid. I try to never get my tangs wet. As others said, feedback would probably be weird, and I imagine you would get odd pressures between the blade and the stone that would try to push the blade up. It would probably also be difficult to determine how much pressure you were using.

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    If a sponge is fully saturated, it won't soak up more water, thus the term saturated. I leave my 4k hones partially submerged either in a modified pond or in half of the plastic case that the Norton lapping stone came in. By keeping it partially submerged, it is held in a much more saturated state and it is much slower to suck the water down into the hone.

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    Christian - I have a very low grit King stone - like a green brick - that sucks up water like you describe. I'm lucky to get 5 laps on it before it is bone dry on the top no matter how long it has been soaked.

    I found an old plastic carton that was a snug fit for it and patially fill it with water and hone with the stone in it. The water I put onto the top of the stone still runs through it very fast, though, and soon the container fills up. It helps but it can get messy...!

    My wife isn't very impressed by all this (stones soaking in sinks, honing on the kitchen table, etc). Judging by the looks I get, I think she pities me.

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    [QUOTE=Neil Miller;290920]Christian - I have a very low grit King stone - like a green brick - that sucks up water like you describe. I'm lucky to get 5 laps on it before it is bone dry on the top no matter how long it has been soaked.

    I found an old plastic carton that was a snug fit for it and patially fill it with water and hone with the stone in it. The water I put onto the top of the stone still runs through it very fast, though, and soon the container fills up. It helps but it can get messy...!

    My wife isn't very impressed by all this (stones soaking in sinks, honing on the kitchen table, etc). Judging by the looks I get, I think she pities me.[/QUOTE]

    My wife really loves it when I flatten my hones and get white, yellow, and gray sludgy water all over the kitchen counter.



    Jordan

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    Quote Originally Posted by jnich67 View Post
    My wife really loves it when I flatten my hones and get white, yellow, and gray sludgy water all over the kitchen counter.



    Jordan
    I have been told several times that I am "Not allowed near the kitchen sink" anymore...

    I just slink away and do it when she's not looking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL View Post
    I get to make all the mess I want because I'm the one that cleans the kitchen. I actually find the slurry, actually works really well for cleaning the stainless bench.

    I have made mention that on several occasions, my wife just looks at me like I'm a fool though.

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