Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast
Results 21 to 30 of 34
  1. #21
    Senior Member blabbermouth hi_bud_gl's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    4,521
    Thanked: 1636

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by MODINE View Post
    You know I have HAD thanks to you and Kelly in search of the perfect edge. I do love it so.
    Tchau!
    Mike take my Name out of this . It is Only Kelly my friend . He did same to me too.heheh

  2. #22
    Senior Member blabbermouth Joed's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Upstate NY
    Posts
    5,003
    Thanked: 1827

    Default

    Interesting Sham. After you hone for a while on that new hone put the hone on the microscope and see if you find any metal particles larger than the honing swarf.
    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)

  3. #23
    Senior Member blabbermouth hi_bud_gl's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    4,521
    Thanked: 1636

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Joed View Post
    Interesting Sham. After you hone for a while on that new hone put the hone on the microscope and see if you find any metal particles larger than the honing swarf.
    never thought about it. will try thank you Joed

  4. #24
    50 year str. shaver mrsell63's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Pothole County, PA
    Posts
    2,258
    Thanked: 522
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default Magnification

    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Said it before and I'll say it again .... when I stopped looking at edges with 100x and started using 30x my honing got way better.
    __________________________________________________

    Jimmy
    I agree with you about the lower magnification. I have a 100X - 250X bench scope, a 60X USB unit for my laptop and several loupes.

    The one that is most convenient for me while honing is a combination 20X - 40X illuminated loupe that I got from widgetsupply.com. Decent price too. You can definitely see a wire edge and any of those little feathers that peel off the edge while honing with the 40X.

    Here is a photo of two of my loupes.............
    Attached Images Attached Images  
    JERRY
    OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.

  5. #25
    Senior Member blabbermouth JimmyHAD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    32,564
    Thanked: 11042

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by mrsell63 View Post
    __________________________________________________

    Jimmy
    I agree with you about the lower magnification. I have a 100X - 250X bench scope, a 60X USB unit for my laptop and several loupes.

    The one that is most convenient for me while honing is a combination 20X - 40X illuminated loupe that I got from widgetsupply.com. Decent price too. You can definitely see a wire edge and any of those little feathers that peel off the edge while honing with the 40X.

    Here is a photo of two of my loupes.............
    Very cool loupes Jerry. I have the 30x non illuminated. That 20x/40x with illumination looks really interesting.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

  6. #26
    50 year str. shaver mrsell63's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Pothole County, PA
    Posts
    2,258
    Thanked: 522
    Blog Entries
    2

    Thumbs up

    Jimmy

    Buy the 20x - 40x. You will be glad you did. widgetsupply.com

    I don't know where you live but widget is in Oregon.

    I just checked. The 20x - 40x illuminated is on sale for $7.97

    They really work. Every member should have one.
    Last edited by mrsell63; 07-01-2010 at 06:56 AM.
    JERRY
    OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.

  7. The Following User Says Thank You to mrsell63 For This Useful Post:

    hi_bud_gl (07-01-2010)

  8. #27
    Life is short, filled with Stuff joke1176's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Columbia, MO
    Posts
    1,394
    Thanked: 231

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun View Post
    The only thing I can add is that you sold me a razor that was finely honed and since then I have been getting better shaves, even when I use a different razor. Keep up the good work!
    It's so sharp, the razors stored NEXT to it shave better. Sham, you are the MAN!


    Seriously though: as alluded to earlier, I would guess it's some kind of quartz matrix-type stone with a slurry. Probably with enough crystalline size variability to give you the saw-edge look??

    As to the sound(I will just pull an idea out of my arse here): Since the edge is serrated in appearance, the leading edge of the blade hit the hairs first, deforms slightly, then the "valley" finishes the cut.

    The leading edge, since deformed, springs back into place with a micron sized *ping* like you get when you pluck a full hollow razor. This produces the crunching sound you refer to, when it happens across the edge (as hundreds of hairs are removed simultaneously) during the shave.

    How's THAT for wild conjecture. Booyah!

  9. #28
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    Italy
    Posts
    17
    Thanked: 4

    Default

    Uhmmm if the razor, shave well i think you have found a stone working in a different way than we are used to, with the stone working more for abrasion than for mechanical abrasion, just to explain myself because i'm not so good in english, i think the stone works like the finishing stones for katana outlining the structure of steel ( hamon ), rather than simply polishing it

    I've have a Narutaki stone that work in the same way, at first glance i think it was not so good, because the edge have the sawtooth pattern after the polishing phase, but the shave after sharpening the razor was absolutely fantastic, i would say among the best i ever had

    So i think you have found a jewel stone, that's my strange conjecture

    Regards
    Luca

  10. The Following User Says Thank You to kairen For This Useful Post:

    JimmyHAD (07-01-2010)

  11. #29
    The Great & Powerful Oz onimaru55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Bodalla, NSW
    Posts
    15,595
    Thanked: 3747

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Joed View Post
    Interesting Sham. After you hone for a while on that new hone put the hone on the microscope and see if you find any metal particles larger than the honing swarf.
    Joe . You thinking larger carbides breaking off the edge ? I was wondering if it was the steel or the hone but some J-Nats will leave a more corrugated & sometimes scratchy finish. E.g. Okudo Asagi (1st pic) will look different to Nakayama Asagi (2nd pic)
    Attached Images Attached Images   
    “The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”

  12. #30
    Senior Member blabbermouth hi_bud_gl's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    4,521
    Thanked: 1636

    Default

    i have tested couple more razor 's on this hone. will do a little more and then i can say my final thoughts .
    didn't have enough time recently to play with it.
    So far i think it is stone not the blades.

Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •