Thread: cretan honing stone

Finally found the pic I was looking for:



Here you have the hardest (blue/black) that may be a razor finisher and then there are the two soft ones. The one in the middle is a hybrid, you see how it has a bit of the blue vein in there. Those two stones (middle and right) look the most like your stone and I would expect them to be similar in performance, too.

You might try slightly increasing the pressure, or making very light slurry on your stone. I am pretty sure you will see some scratches. On slurry, this stone gives a hazy finish. Diluting that slurry to water will bring the finish more to mirror-like, but the scratches will be (should be) visible.

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Finally found the pic I was looking for:



Here you have the hardest (blue/black) that may be a razor finisher and then there are the two soft ones. The one in the middle is a hybrid, you see how it has a bit of the blue vein in there. Those two stones (middle and right) look the most like your stone and I would expect them to be similar in performance, too.

You might try slightly increasing the pressure, or making very light slurry on your stone. I am pretty sure you will see some scratches. On slurry, this stone gives a hazy finish. Diluting that slurry to water will bring the finish more to mirror-like, but the scratches will be (should be) visible.

Thanks for the quick reply. The Cretan blue is just then name of the stone and not the color of the stone. When I was lapping the stone it felt very hard. With what you make slurry.??