Thread: Gokumyo 20k One Stone Hone Experiment

I recorded a video. Youtube says it will be uploaded in 494, wait 496, now 493, now 490 minutes. I'm pretty sure it will be uploaded when it d#mn well feels like being uploaded.
Now it's 486 minutes--progress!

Regarding MJC questions.

Tape or no tape, like any other honing it is up to you. There is nothing special about this method or hone that would require one or the other.

I lapped before because I wanted a pretty hone for the video. Otherwise I would not bother.
I also lapped (refreshed) before the final polish to make sure that all residual foreign grit was removed. I addressed this in the video but I would strongly recommend for someone considering doing this regularly that you use one side of the hone for slurry and the other side just for the clean final polish, as I found that some slurry did embed in the hone.

Brands?
Anything you got. I don't see why it would make a difference.

Grinds?
Any--but if you want to do it on a wedge, I would refer you to a therapist I saw for a while post-divorce. As he once said to me, "what are you, nuts?" Seriously, that is an odd thing for a therapist to say but it applied for the circumstance and it would apply for a wedge. You want to use the most efficient tool that you can for bevel setting a wedge and a 20k hone ain't it.

Sizes?
Like brands, I don't think it would make any difference.

If the room is spinning, sit down, and adjust your alcohol level!

With 4% loaded, only 472 minutes to go now.