Thread: Apache Black Gila

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Dead flat is a big ask with loose grit. You eventually have to cross over to something fixed to get it perfect.

Maybe I'll drop back to the DMT to try to refine it further. The problem is I never seem to be able to get them flat on a DMT either lol. We'll see what happens. The good thing is...I know once it's flat, it's not changing.

Suffer through using not much more than the weight of the stone and rotating it every so often

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Suffer through using not much more than the weight of the stone and rotating it every so often

Will do. My XXC DMT is just about on its last leg though...probably have to switch up to the XC and hope it cuts more cleanly.

I had to.do my keeper ark the hard way to get it perfect and it was horrible. So large it spread out the weight and slowed the process down even more. At least that is one and done for good

You Gent's are awesome stoneNHone teachers. I have and sure many others enjoy your post's and NATHAD is rampant in the group, carry on, please.

Bought a tonsorial gem with broken scales on the cheap today. Fitted new ones and went through a progression finishing with the Gila.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Bought a tonsorial gem with broken scales on the cheap today. Fitted new ones and went through a progression finishing with the Gila.

Nice!!!

It's so weird seeing pictures of your stone lol. The coloration is identical, down to the yellow stripe on the side. I keep going 'I didn't take that?!' lol.

It's an extremely aggressive hht 5 off the strop. It had an aggressive hht off the stone fwiw. This progression was like using a tank to kill a roach, that far coticule in the middle is an ultrafine stone.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

It's an extremely aggressive hht 5 off the strop. It had an aggressive hht off the stone fwiw. This progression was like using a tank to kill a roach, that far coticule in the middle is an ultrafine stone.

How's the edge feel on your skin? Have you tried? The back of your hand and under your forearm tests I mentioned earlier are amazingly telling in my experience.

I'll give it a go later. Haven't shaved in a few days.