Thread: Unidentified natural.

Thank you all.much appreciated.

Oh, and I use mine for kitchen knives sometimes, gives a pretty good edge there. The honing feel/feedback on slurry is pretty nice. With knives and a little more pressure it will self-slurry a little bit.

These DBs come in quite a range, I've one that's coarse enough for bevelsetting and I had 2 fine enough for finishing. I assume most are in the middle.

Spray it down with oven cleaner and scrub a couple of times, wash in soapy water, then soak in simple green, I use tall thin glass or plastic jars with lids from the thrift store.

Oven cleaner will get a lot of the surface grit and oil off. Once in the jars or tub, setting in the sun will speed the process.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Spray it down with oven cleaner and scrub a couple of times, wash in soapy water, then soak in simple green, I use tall thin glass or plastic jars with lids from the thrift store.

Oven cleaner will get a lot of the surface grit and oil off. Once in the jars or tub, setting in the sun will speed the process.

That will show it who's the boss I've had good results just leave stones to soak in dishwashing soap for a couple of days. It dissolves grease after all. But I guess for porous stones the method mentioned above will work better.

Long ago when I only had an Arkansas surgical black for honing I would degrease it in the dishwasher. Works a treat.

Originally Posted by Kees

Long ago when I only had an Arkansas surgical black for honing I woud degrease it in the dishwasher. Works a treat.

Do you have a source for surgical blacks in Europe? I have been looking for one and I'm not a big fan of paying import taxes

Originally Posted by eKretz

Here are a couple shots of mine - these aren't great, just taken with my phone. This is a mid grit stone by most accounts, you'll most likely want to use a finer stone afterward. Some have reported fair shave from the stone, but I don't think I would probably get that result looking at the scratch pattern.

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1+ to Erics statement...

Originally Posted by mikael86

Do you have a source for surgical blacks in Europe? I have been looking for one and I'm not a big fan of paying import taxes

From France...DANS
http://rasoir-sabre.com/fr/pierres-a...dan-s-usa.html

http://rasoir-sabre.com/fr/pierres-a...dan-s-usa.html

From Germany...MST
http://www.wetzen-und-schleifen.de/produkte.php?rub=44

Some here...never ordered there:
http://www.q-tools-ltd.eu/shop/produ...60bcd227fcdefa

Thanks just what I was looking for