Stones I've cut but not yet finished¬
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Originally Posted by
Iceni
Don't worry about a time frame.
Couldnt wait too long to do the test....i used a very nice 8/8 Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple José Monserrat Pou where the etching was lost during the use from the last owner. But i really like how the edges come of this nice straight!!
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/...2f9c62_c_d.jpg
The razor lost a lot of sharpness and smooth ess during the last shaves so i thought i will try this nice Diorite Stone you sent me, i tried two steps with this stone....
1. Step: used that stone just with plain water using X- and paralell Strokes and look how the edge will perform...i think i did about 80-100 strokes with water, afterwards i stropped about 70 times on the leather strop...afterwards a very good HHT 4 was possible...hair just popped not noiseless but very easy, smal pieces of the hair could be chopped on sequence over the whole edge...
The shave was very smooth and comfortable...so i wasnt shure if it is really needed to use a thuringian slurry on this stone...compared to the thuringian it was a bit less smooth but very good...
2. Step: just tried to use thuringian slurry and created a light milky slurry on the stone, as the edge was already prepared on step 1 i only did further more 50 strokes with slurry and about 20 with plain water afterwards...then 60 times on the leather strop...
Concerning the HHT there was no upgrade, i stayed on a very good HHT 4....The shave got a bit smoother but it was also possible to feel from my experience that its no razor which was honed with a "Thuri" only procedure...
On both tests the bevel gets really mirror like finished....
So, to give a statement i have to admit that iam well suprised from that stone however it is called (Diorite or whatever)....its a very easy to use stone i would guess its impossible to really do anything wrong if youre a bit experienced, comparable to the use of thuringian stones. Another competitor in this size to put in a longer travel bag ;-)
So Blake are these findings comparable to the ones you did personally? What were youre results with plain water ?
Stones I've cut but not yet finished¬
Iam suprised and its more then being "alright" its a very good stone [emoji106][emoji106] this shows how good the community is working and how all the Rockhounting guys (Shaun, Dennis, Blake and all the others) are good in finind nice "New Age" stones!!
i will do further tests...and official here "Thank you Blake for providing me the stone for testing and for the Flickr Page" !!!