Thread: For Crying Out Loud

The only thing I could add/ask, is if the hone has had it's edges carefully chamfered? It is possible for the razors stabilizer or tang to knock off a flake from the hone's edge. Even chamfered,it is still the most likely place on a hone to release a tiny particle and introduce it under the blade. I have read of instances of a flake being pulled up from the suction effect on a ultra smooth hone and bevel, but have not experienced it personally.

Originally Posted by Wirm

The only thing I could add/ask, is if the hone has had it's edges carefully chamfered? It is possible for the razors stabilizer or tang to knock off a flake from the hone's edge. Even chamfered,it is still the most likely place on a hone to release a tiny particle and introduce it under the blade. I have read of instances of a flake being pulled up from the suction effect on a ultra smooth hone and bevel, but have not experienced it personally.

You know, this brought up another minor issue with this hone which may have overlapped with this thread: the hone is 8" long and in the last 5/8's on one end there is some separating of the layers, very fine but in a couple of places this problem can be felt with a fingernail. I have just consciously stayed off the ends of the hone, which I do anyway but I am extra careful on this hone. Having said that, it is possible, but unlikely that I ran over one of these bad patches.
If this last 5/8's needs to be dealt with I can see two possibilities right now: lap the whole hone through the offending area (which does not seem to extend down the sides) or cut the last 5/8's off and have a slurry stone. And, the hone is chamfered.