Thread: Zulu grey...first hone

Originally Posted by 10Pups

It states on the web site 3 weeks...

of course it does. That's why i waited nearly four weeks before making gentle inquiry as to progress. Nothing i understand more than a guy trying to do a little biz. I have no complaints atall.

Just got mine today. I didn't want open the packaging it looks so nice. The wait was a bit, about 2 months, I assume that had to do with the Christmas season. But, hey, you can't rush quality.

I'm wanting to adhere one my labels onto my wenge box, would poly be ok on the label?

Can you even imagine having to lap all those rocks ? :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Can you even imagine having to lap all those rocks ? :<0)

Which, I believe, he does all by hand.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Can you even imagine having to lap all those rocks ? :<0)

Lapping, heck, having to carry out slab after slab, that is some dense rock!

Out of curiosity, it seems like a lot of people use the DMT credit card sized stones to create their slurry. My question with that is, if using that, is the Zulu actually doing any part of the honing, or is it the diamond particles? I really don't know a lot about honing yet, so forgive me if I'm not "getting it" on that.

From what I've seen here, it sounds like the Zulu stones are tough to use. Aside front he DMT, has anyone tried anything else to develop a slurry? Other stones, etc.?

Originally Posted by Wxman2000

Out of curiosity, it seems like a lot of people use the DMT credit card sized stones to create their slurry. My question with that is, if using that, is the Zulu actually doing any part of the honing, or is it the diamond particles? I really don't know a lot about honing yet, so forgive me if I'm not "getting it" on that.

From what I've seen here, it sounds like the Zulu stones are tough to use. Aside front he DMT, has anyone tried anything else to develop a slurry? Other stones, etc.?

Diamond is harder than almost anything, so the slurry produced by the DMT 325 should be entirely
ZG material. If you use a softer stone to make the slurry, then yes...there may be something in there
that is not ZG.

My experience with the ZG is that the lapped stone is so smooth and so hard that any "foreign particle"
(bit of dust, stray hair from arm hair test) will be immediately apparent. You will feel it and/or hear it
when the razor passes over it. If that happens, its time to rinse off the stone before any damage
to the razor edge is done.

Originally Posted by Wxman2000

Out of curiosity, it seems like a lot of people use the DMT credit card sized stones to create their slurry. My question with that is, if using that, is the Zulu actually doing any part of the honing, or is it the diamond particles? I really don't know a lot about honing yet, so forgive me if I'm not "getting it" on that.

From what I've seen here, it sounds like the Zulu stones are tough to use. Aside front he DMT, has anyone tried anything else to develop a slurry? Other stones, etc.?

The DMT produces slurry quicker. The slurry is all from the stone. The slurry stone that comes with it is a finer slurry and takes longer to produce. Umm That is what I got from this post >> http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ml#post1265647

Originally Posted by 10Pups

The DMT produces slurry quicker. The slurry is all from the stone. The slurry stone that comes with it is a finer slurry and takes longer to produce. Umm That is what I got from this post >> http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ml#post1265647

Didn't think about it that way...slurry coming from the Zulu itself when using the DMT.

As far as using the Zulu slurry stones, I did see where it was talked about earlier in the thread, but that it was slow and a little more cumbersome. I was just curious if, aside from a DMT and Zulu slurry stones, anyone had tried other stones to create a slurry on the Zulu. Guess I just didn't understand the part of the slurry itself coming from the Zulu hone...thought it was coming from the slurry stone instead.

Slury is broken down stone mix with water to make for faster cutting strokes or to impart a specific cutting or polishing (j-Nats with different kinds of naguras).

If you're going to use the Zulu as a finisher, then you want equal (Zulu slury) or finer (Turingian or other finer) slury. Some stones will create slury easier than others. I personally have tried turi slury with the Zulu with good results. I do get mostly turi slury over the Zulu when I rub them together. However, to get Zulu slury you are pretty much restricted to the DMT, Atoma plates or a piece of Zulu stone rub over itself. I heard that a hard Arkansa stone could do it, or for that matter any stone harder than the Zulu I think would do it too. If you try to use sand paper, you could get contaminants from the sand paper into the slury (not good).