Thread: Tanslucents Slurried With......

I was hoping a few members will dust off some of their Arkansas Translucents would be willing to try some slurries off thier Translucents.

What Works So Far:
Nakayama-Kita Asagi-Maruichi stone and Esher.Both of these stone produced a relatively very quick finish on three different razor edges to the point of me feeling like it was too good to be true. All razors were previosly finished up to 8k level.

i.e each stone slurried ON the Arkie produced edge similiar to slurry dononr stone.
Nakayama slurry on Arkie felt like Nakayama edge etc.




What Did Not Work:
Slurries made with diamond file size hone. Any slurries made from the parent translucent sped up swarf formation, but the edge delivered was sub par.

Not All Translucents Are Equal. I have one translucent fro Hall's that I got for tools. It is a translucent but not a waxy looking one but on the white side. Of course color has nothing to do with it, but the point is that this stone is good for faster bevel work with Norton Prep Stone for slurry on tools, it has not given me the same results as a stone from Dan's that is much finer.

What interests me the most as far as razor applications is the fact that each edge comes off consistantly and at least as good as any I have made off the parent donor stones and quickly. Also and maybe most important in my mind is that I have never seen a stone transform in finish and speed as the translucents worked this way. It could hve to do with harder abrasive anchoring in on the softer silicate translucent. This makes sense both intuitively to me and scientific.The fact that the translucent stone is so physically hard, but will yeild to harder minerals makes a very unique platform to hone on.

Only light slurries were made on top of very smooth finished translucent and hone until dry. It was very quick, and....if anyone else decides to try, you can tell us what you think. A light stropping on leather afterward.
Edge looked incredibly uniform under magnification and took on apparence of donor slurry stone.