I am going more towards sandstone type such as Dalmore Yellow or on your side of pong Canadian Oilstone.
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I am going more towards sandstone type such as Dalmore Yellow or on your side of pong Canadian Oilstone.
Great minds think alike. :) Had put this Genco Fluid Steel aside because it needed attention, so I did water only, more or less weight of the blade. Did some round trips and tested, then back to the hone. Probably took 50 round trips all told, but it gave me a great shave. Stropped on horsehide BTW.
I'm curious as to whether this hone would be 'better' with oil ? Seems from the rich patina I lapped off it probably was used with oil, but even before lapping water didn't bead up, and I didn't detect any residue of oil. Are sandstones, assuming that is what it is, suited to oil as well as water only ?
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Do you have any Smith's honing solution? That would allow you to have some general sense of what honing with oil would be like on it. It's water soluble so it's not a permanent alteration to the hone. Also, because it's water soluble, you can alter its viscosity by diluting it with water.
Just mailed it back to the owner a couple of hours ago. Thanks to all for the input. :tu