Thread: Honing Question

I just honed my first 2 razors this weekend. My new Aka pin Suita came in so I had to try it out so I used two cheap razors to test my skill. The newly honed blades will pass the HHT and feel the same as my professionally honed razor that I shave with when run over my thumb nail.

My Question is do I need to use another stone or just strop them and try them out?

I am hoping that all the years of using natural stones to hone knives is paying off as I move into razors.

seems like your stone is doing ok.
But you need to hone again cause running the edge over your thumbnail will damage it quite a bit

i suggest learning the TPT or the modefied version of that

Originally Posted by janivar123

seems like your stone is doing ok.
But you need to hone again cause running the edge over your thumbnail will damage it quite a bit

Just what I thought when I read this
Thumbnail test is only used at bevel setting after that it wrecks the good work you put in.
As for the rest strop it & see. Really depends on how fine your Suita is.

I shall proceed to hone again. Thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by Hazen

I shall proceed to hone again. Thanks for the info.

That's okay. It's what'cha call practice!

I've played with quite a few Jap hones but have never used a Suita. Originally, in my ignorance, I thought they were more coarse and not suitable for final polishing. I've come to understand that is not always the case, but I still don't have a good grasp of the distinctions between many of the Japanese stones.

Could you please post a photo if possible?

I think it's this one
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JAPANESE NATURAL SHARPENING STONE AKAPIN SUITA - eBay (item 220615694699 end time Jun-08-10 21:39:19 PDT)

I am curious too how it performs.

That is it. I think that it performs well, but that is comparison to other stones that I have used on knives only. This is the first stone that I have for razors so I will have to acquire others to give a real comparison. It is a much slower stone than I have used for knives in the past and seems to me to be very fine in grit which is what I was looking for.

I may have to send a razor that I have honed to a more experienced user to try out so that I have a basis for comparison.

Any takers?

Originally Posted by Hazen

That is it. I think that it performs well, but that is comparison to other stones that I have used on knives only. This is the first stone that I have for razors so I will have to acquire others to give a real comparison. It is a much slower stone than I have used for knives in the past and seems to me to be very fine in grit which is what I was looking for.

I may have to send a razor that I have honed to a more experienced user to try out so that I have a basis for comparison.

Any takers?

I would like to try it, also I can then put a Nakayama finish on it if you want so you can compare. Pm me if interested, I am in VA.