Thread: What DON'T You Use (and why)

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

My Norton 4/8k.

My DMT 1k.

Either C-Nat.

My Frictionite 00's.

They've all given me good results, but having moved on to Shapton glass hones and lapping film, I haven't felt the need to go back.

Oh, actually, I do use my huge C-Nat as a solid base for lapping film.

Ever use the back of the Shapton Glass for film?

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve56

Ever use the back of the Shapton Glass for film?

Cheers, Steve

Nah. It's frosted and not as smooth as the C-Nat.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Nah. It's frosted and not as smooth as the C-Nat.

Darned if you aren't right - I never noticed. Think it might mellow the edge like paper between the glass and film?

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve56

Darned if you aren't right - I never noticed. Think it might mellow the edge like paper between the glass and film?

Cheers, Steve

I imagine it would be more likely to affect surface tension adhesion.

But I've also never used paper as a cushion.

Things I have used but don't would be a diamond hone for initial bevel setting, I found that when I did that my 8 K edge was very chippy and I went back and forth between my 4K and 8K for a long time before it was resolved. I spend a little more time with the 1K and life is more simple.
I have several finish hones that don't get much love. My norton 1K has been a dust collector since I got my Chosera. Most of the stuff I have gets regular use, except I have far too many razors to rotate them all, in part because I change razors once a week for the most part. I have about 20 that are my favourites and everything else sees very little love.

This is an older photo of just a few of my stones. I just added a Chosera 5k.
I prefere the synthetic progression, the natuals are more for 'fun' and collecting.
One of these days I will take a photo of ALL my stones.

I go from 1K (naniwa pro) to Naniwa 12K SS or a natural finish hone. No in between steps, but I DO use 2 layers of electrical tape (cheap offshore stuff, no fancy tape) after the 1K, which is done a on bare spine. It doesn't really matter what finishing hone I use... Coticule, 12K Naniwa SS, Belgian Blue, Jnat or Zulu Grey (the latter is my current favorite).

A few laps on my SRD English Bridle and I'm good to go.