Thread: natural duel stone a llyn melynllyn and dragons tongue

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

So you skipped the DT and went right to thee LM?

I'm guessing that my Coticule is one of the 8-10k ones, so I went straight to the LM. Coming from from the Norton, I would have used the DT first.

shaved with the LM last night very smooth shave that stone provides alot of comfort. i would guesstimate the grit at 12+ and thats going off the sharpness. so it is some where inbetween 12k to 15k but its closer to the 12k end then the 15k

Originally Posted by eleblu05

shaved with the LM last night very smooth shave that stone provides alot of comfort. i would guesstimate the grit at 12+ and thats going off the sharpness. so it is some where inbetween 12k to 15k but its closer to the 12k end then the 15k

I would agree with that. Maybe if its lapped on finer grit sand paper or use oil we might be able to squeez out a little more from it.

yes your right rene oil would give a little more and stropping. i was shaving straight off the stone. so in my opinion the stone was worth every penny

I agree it was well worth it. I looked at the edge under a loop and i was hard pressed to find scratches on the bevel. Very few

so all in all we haven't used the stone to its fullest potential after i put my two DT head to head i'm going to come off my sgs16k to the LM

Originally Posted by eleblu05

so all in all we haven't used the stone to its fullest potential after i put my two DT head to head i'm going to come off my sgs16k to the LM

Very true. Im interested to see how you 2 DT compaire

have you guys lapped your stones? if so what did you use, mine was lapped on what looks like 80 grit paper , after working it over with the dmt and slurrying it up a few times it looks and feels like gray silk when dry and although i havent tryed it on a freshly honed razor i did do 50 or so laps on one that was starting to pull with wonderfull results

Originally Posted by cutalot

have you guys lapped your stones? if so what did you use, mine was lapped on what looks like 80 grit paper , after working it over with the dmt and slurrying it up a few times it looks and feels like gray silk when dry and although i havent tryed it on a freshly honed razor i did do 50 or so laps on one that was starting to pull with wonderfull results

yeah mine looked like it was ran on a sanding belt . so in our testing of this stone we lapped it with the dmt 325 and then used the slurry stone to remove the dmt scratchs ,and very smooth result on the stone

Thanks for the thread guys.
It has made very interesting reading.
Now I can't wait for my three stone set to arrive - bloody HAD - got me again...hehehe