Thread: King Stones

Hmm...maybe take it back to the 4K, do a little jointing action, set the bevel and try again? That's basically the problem I had with my coticule. Had a little burr I missed, jointed it on an Arkie, reset the bevel on the Coti and took it from there. Which reminds me, I need to give that puppy a test shave.

I have a King 1200/8000 combo from Woodcraft that I use on occasion with razors out of minimalist curiosity. Really, I haven't found it all that difficult to use with plain water. Trick for me has been to let the 8000 side build up with a little swarf, then clean this with the nagura stone from Lee Valley (which is a dedicated King/Ice Bear synth nagura), rinse this off, and go for a few laps more afterwards at the finish. Strop with horsehide and then apply the HHT. Shave itself isn't bad. It needs some tweaking, but the edge is definitely in the ballpark by my standard. Add a worn Coarse/fine DMT for fresh lapping and blade reshaping, a pasted hanging strop, and one might have a pretty decent full set-up for a relatively low cost.

Here's where I'm at. Tried with no avail to achieve a shave ready edge with my new king stones. I think the stand alone stone is 6k because the only stand alone 4K I see online is green and the 6k stand alone is orangey. So now I've got a 1k 6k and 8k. Not too many techniques online with these stones.

I watched the ever so controversial Murray carter video again and gave his technique a go. Set the edge on 1k. Test, deburr on wood, bring the edge back with edge trailing 1k strokes. Test. Go to 6k edge trailing and then 8k. Stropped and its passing all my tests now. Test shave to come

Mate, like you, I could have at one stage built a a habitable dwelling, until I decided I'd to change everything. I have an adult son who I gave most of the kings to get him started, but sold a few to fuel my obsession in Kanayama strops, that's another story lol. I ended up finding a site that sold cheaply the traditional Naniwa superstones in 20 mm thickness on stands so I bought a chosera 1k for bevels, then superstones 2k, 3k, (I have a rare 4k Naniwa deluxe 25mm too that is now gone from the landscape so I love having it)then 5k, 8k, 10k all Naniwa, and they are all on stands and I love the progression. For finishing I go to the Suehiro Gokumyo 20k, and I'm settled on it as I stay consistent and now I don't even test once I'm done on the chosera 1k. The other option of course is to finish on the Ice bear to which I do now and then. But for sure you will be really happy with clay based stones, I was and still am, who knows what I might come up with in a few years time. I love the hobby, so many variables from razor types, to stropping alternatives, hones, even cosmetics, a lot for blokes to get their heads around. So good honing with your Kings.
Bob