Quote Originally Posted by ChrisL View Post
Not a weird concept at all, and it sounds like you've gotten a jump start on the experiment before I've had a chance to. I've thought for quite some time about seeing how well pastes would work from 500 grit on up. I'd like to use diamond, but the cost of powders in a wide array of grits is limiting of course. I've wanted to use monocrystalline for the coarser grits then polycrystalline for the finer grits. All pre-made diamond pastes and sprays from DMT to anything sold on razor sites for razor honing utilize mono-crystalline diamonds which are much more aggressive and leave a much harsher edge than poly diamonds. I will still complete my experiment, but I'm really interested to see how you come out.

I would like to see a butter knife dull razor taken from that stage to shaving sharp using nothing but a paste progression ending with chrome ox and......back honed from start to finish. Yup, that's the idea I've had for an experiment.


And, Jim, I think it will work. I see no reason that it wouldn't. "What about (lip quivering here) wire edges?". No biggie. Draw them off and keep going with no probs.

Chris L
Thanks Chris, I was thinking the exact same thing while I was lying in bed last night, fantasizing about honing. (What, you don't do that?)

Here's the thing--I have 1k and 3K. That 3K is 4 microns. I'm ordering some diamond pastes today--1 micron, .5 micron, and .25 micron. But the jump from 4m to 1m is pretty big...are there any 2m pastes or powders?

Also, as balsa wood is not readily available at my local shops, I'm thinking of using medium density fiberwood. It's sold in perfect sizes, two boards for a dollar, at my local dollar store. It's a fairly porous texture that seems like it should hold powders/pastes well, but I think it's firm and smooth enough for razor work. Does anyone see anything wrong with that?