Thread: Honing question

Zib,

Thanks I'll try the 50 with slurry. I have a Norton slurry stone which I guess will work well.

Thanks!
Phil

If your talking about the Chinese 12k, (The one's you buy from woodcraft) I would keep the slurry the same as the host hone. If you use a Norton slurry stone, I have one myself, it's much more gritty and will most likely alter the effects of the 12k. It's really a Norton prep stone, I don't believe you'll get as smooth an edge as you can. I believe it's called contamination. The only hones I swap slurries on are the BBW and Coticule. Get yourself a Chinese 12k Slurry...There are some on the classifieds....Rich

Gotcha I'll do that-----

I would be very interested to know how the C12k slurry works after the 8k Norton, my guess is that it is going to drop the sharpness level because of the slurry but I would like to know for sure....

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by zib

If your talking about the Chinese 12k, (The one's you buy from woodcraft) I would keep the slurry the same as the host hone. If you use a Norton slurry stone, I have one myself, it's much more gritty and will most likely alter the effects of the 12k. It's really a Norton prep stone, I don't believe you'll get as smooth an edge as you can. I believe it's called contamination. The only hones I swap slurries on are the BBW and Coticule. Get yourself a Chinese 12k Slurry...There are some on the classifieds....Rich

Or you can do what i did... grab a hacksaw and make your own slurry stone.

I'll give it a shot and let you know Glen

Originally Posted by 2Sharp

Hello Phil. The Ebro you mentioned sounds like to me to be a razor for cutting specimens for a microscope. If that is the case it may be difficult to get it honed right for shaving.

bj

In case you are interested, such a blade, used for cutting thin specimens, is called a microtome.

Ok, the name sounds familiar. It's really funny that it has a barbers notch and looks so much like a regular razor. Very interesting--thanks!

I think I have the origin of the name "Ebro". It comes from a valley in Spain where they used a microtome to section a type of plant which grows in that area on the Atlantic side of Spain. At least I can stop trying to hone the thing and hang onto it for a conversation piece:-)