Thread: Green Vulcan hone.

Hello everybody.

I got real inspired by some of the people who find great rocks in the nature, and use them to make fine hones.

I just travelled to Tenerife where I thought there might be a good chance to find some suitably rocks.

By the foot of Mount Teide I found this rock. It was located in some rock formations where green lava had filled the canyon. Over millions of years the softer rocks has eroded and only the hard rock remains.

I took these two rocks with me home, and shaped it in a suitably form and lapped it for hours, until it was completely flat.

Last lapping was done with 400 grit water paper.

I tried to set a bevel on a old Biedermeier razor, I have a lot of these razors.

First I raised a slurry on the hone. The hone is medium-hard. I used some pressure in the beginning, and used circles with less and less pressure.

After about 60 circles there was a acceptable edge, with I refined using lighter and lighter strokes, and diluting the slurry. I lost count on the circles, but after a hour I had refined the edge with only water and no pressure.

I estimate the grit to about 6-8 k. I will try to shave with it later.

Next time I will take the time to find a larger rock!

It's definitely a fine hone. Regretfully some minor holes appeared in the hone, while it lapped it, but they do not interfere with the honing.

Now the big question is what mineral makes the rock hone? Perhaps some of the colleagues in here have a guess?

I included som pictures of Teide, and the Green Vulcan Hone, l as I call it :-)

Enjoy.