Thread: Slurry this & slurry that...on Shapton GS stones

Originally Posted by pinklather

I've often wondered if anyone got 'smooth' from shaptons (or c12k, or translucent arkies). I've had no trouble getting sharp, but that leaves me wanting.
I know some prefer a brisk, super keen finish w/ somewhat of a scraping sensation on the skin. Is it just that preference? or can coti-like smooth be had from there stones?

You missed it???

Totally missed the point made earlier in the thread, it isn't the stones/hones...
You are bouncing around from stone to stone searching for the right one. where the point of each one of these threads, and all those vids on each stone is to help people learn each system better... What the real lesson is here is to adjust the stone/hone to your face not the other way around...

Keep in mind this has way more to do with your face and the razor than the stone though...

For instance, I finish all Sheffield steel on a beautiful select grade Coticule that other people always tell me leaves a sweet edge on these razors... -BUT- personally to me, they are harsh as all get out , I don't like Heavy Sheffield razors they don't work for me...So it doesn't matter what hone/stone/paste I use, the razor always feels harsh to my face... but, I know better than to blame the Coticule...
So basically what I am telling you is that sweet edge probably has way more to do with the razor and your face rather than the stone that you are using on it...

My Perfection = 11/16 spike point NY American or Solingen steel honed on the Shapton GS system using a light slurry on each stone out to the 3-2-1 on the 30k stropped with 12 laps on a CeOx pasted strop and then stropped in on an SRD Premium I .. That combo I know gives my face a BBS in 2 very light passes and ZERO irritation... Nothing, no other stone, or hone, or razor, can match that combo for my face...

But then again I had to find that out too

Edit:
Another thought occurred to me, to help you maybe understand what I saying here...
You have an Asagi, you are pretty proficient in it's use, and you just got a pretty new Coticule and IIRC I read you have a PHIG also...
If I were to send you a Japanese Iwasaki Kamisori, which stone would you think to hone that razor with?? which do you think would bring out the best edge on it???