Thread: natural duel stone a llyn melynllyn and dragons tongue

I used sewing mach oil.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

I used sewing mach oil.

Thanks, I think I have a bottle somewhere.

sewing machine oil dans whetstone oil and buck oil is some of the thinest oils i have come across.

Originally Posted by rodb

Out of curiosity did anyone else buy the three hone set? I'm super happy with the DT and LM and haven't played around much with the mystery extremely hard black stone yet as I need more sandpaper to get that one lapped.

I did, after many days of soul searching, and I can't wait for it to arrive.
Luckily I collect the mail, so I can stall SWMBO for a while before she finds out...hehehe

Well, I finished the initial test of all 3 hones. I used the same hardware for all 3 shaves, (uberlather and a swedish 7/8 smiling wedge) and touched up the edge first on the Dragon's Tongue, then the Llyn Melynllyn, and finally the black slate. I used 15 strokes on slurry, 25 to dilute down to water, and last 10 strokes on a clean stone with less and less water. I followed by a stropping (10 canvas, 75 leather).

In my opinion they all are fine finishers. I could happily shave off the DT. The LM was finer, and the last stone left nothing to desire (1-pass shave to BBS, minor touch-up below jawline on the non-dominant hand, an area that always takes a little extra effort for me). The stones appear to be fairly quick stones, I suspect that fewer strokes than what I used are required. I find them quiet and with a good feedback, and a joy to hone on. They all slurry easily. I polished them all before use.

I'll test on a french hollow ground next, in the same manner, but I do not expect my findings will be much different.

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Well, I finished the initial test of all 3 hones. I used the same hardware for all 3 shaves, (uberlather and a swedish 7/8 smiling wedge) and touched up the edge first on the Dragon's Tongue, then the Llyn Melynllyn, and finally the black slate. I used 15 strokes on slurry, 25 to dilute down to water, and last 10 strokes on a clean stone with less and less water. I followed by a stropping (10 canvas, 75 leather).

In my opinion they all are fine finishers. I could happily shave off the DT. The LM was finer, and the last stone left nothing to desire (1-pass shave to BBS, minor touch-up below jawline on the non-dominant hand, an area that always takes a little extra effort for me). The stones appear to be fairly quick stones, I suspect that fewer strokes than what I used are required. I find them quiet and with a good feedback, and a joy to hone on. They all slurry easily. I polished them all before use.

I'll test on a french hollow ground next, in the same manner, but I do not expect my findings will be much different.

Very good. I was starting to think the same. The DT is strictly business. We did 50 and i would bet 20-25 would be fine. I will try that next time.

My DT/LM arrived today, and of course I had to test it immediately.

Honed up a vintage Dovo 6/8 half hollow I got a couple weeks ago, set the bevel on Chosera 1K, then Naniwa SS 3-8K before I went to the DT.
Started with slurry, diluted and finished with 25 strokes on water, then to the LM, same procedure, slurry diluted to water and finishe with 50 strokes on water with absolutely no pressure, stropped 50 linen/20 Kanayama suede/50 Kanayama Cordovan.


The razor got wicked sharp, my light arm hairs popped 2cm over skin level before the edge hit them

The shave was great, smooth and effortless, no signs of irritation, not even on my "tricky spots" on the neck.

Very promising so far, I will do some more "scientific" tests in the near future as soon as my scope arrives, i.e. comparing them to other stones/finishers etc.

I believe this was money well spent

I found the dual stone to be big and heavy, and I do prefer single hones so I decided to try to split them up.

It was fast and easy, I poured a little bit of nailpolish remover (aceton) directly on the joint between the stones, let it work for about 10 seconds, poured on a little bit more and let it work for another 10 seconds, then I could easily split the stones apart.

I have now two smaller and lighter stones that are much easier to work with.

Originally Posted by Zephyr

I found the dual stone to be big and heavy, and I do prefer single hones so I decided to try to split them up.

It was fast and easy, I poured a little bit of nailpolish remover (aceton) directly on the joint between the stones, let it work for about 10 seconds, poured on a little bit more and let it work for another 10 seconds, then I could easily split the stones apart.

I have now two smaller and lighter stones that are much easier to work with.

Oh SWEET! I will have to do that.

I have been talking with the seller. He is a great guy to do busniess with.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Oh SWEET! I will have to do that.

I have been talking with the seller. He is a great guy to do busniess with.

Absolutely, if it hadn't been for the freaking mailman that decided to end his week on thursday and not deliver any mail to me until yesterday I would have had the stone in four days


I was thinking of maybe lapping both sides, and use one for oil and one for water.