Thread: bevel

Good day,
I have been using a Chinese stone to create a bevel but I think I need to use something a little better.
What would be some suggestions from you guys that have experience creating great bevels.
I have coticules and vermio for finishing, but I think my bevel is lacking.
Thank you for your help.
John

Some people say you can use a coticule to take a blade from bevel set fo close to finish, but no coticule I have will do what a 1000 grit bevel setting stone will do in much much less time.

Most any 1k will work and they all will leave 1k stria or close enough. You will not be shaving from a 1k edge.

A great inexpensive 1k stone is a $20 King 1k. If you want to make your life easier, also pick up a King 6k then go to the coticule. Any of the Naniwia or Norton stones also are proven performers.

Also, some Chromium Oxide will polish a 6k edge and easily a Coticule or Vermio edge. Really the low grit stone don’t matter all that much they are just grinder to shape a bevel, a middle stone removes all the deep 1k stria and a finisher polishes the bevel and straightens the edge.

Chrome Oxide is about 30k equivalent, 10-20 laps will polish an edge 50-100 laps will remove all 6k stria. But you just need to polish the edge.

I know I will get some flack but I have a 200, 300, 400, 600 diamond hone from Harbor Freight. I set bevel with that. Jump to 6000 Japanese water stone and finish on 20,000 jasper. Then strop on canvas with Theirs Issard paste from The Art of Shaving and finally leather. People love my edge.

I once bought a pair of ivory Sheffield razors from a guy, who said he honed on Harbor Freight diamond plates, polished on a barber hone and finished on Chrome Oxide leather pasted strop. It was a super shaving edge.

Most folks use way too much pressure with diamonds that leave very deep stria that cause a host of problems. 6k will easily remove 1k stria and is easy to go to a finisher or polish with paste.

The trick to diamonds is, to let the diamonds do the work. I have tested many brands and no name brands of Diamond plates and they all work. And most work well. I have some $30 CKTG diamond plates that I have abused for years that are still in almost daily use. I do use Atoma’s for finer work.

It is more about technique than the tools.

Where are you getting your Jasper from, I would love to try some, but all I have found are small pieces, how are you lapping it?

My suggestion would be the Naniwa Chosera 1k ~ "Green Brick"

More often than not, it is the bevel setter that all others are compared to.
It has always worked great for me.

Pete <:-}

I bought it on ebay about a year ago from someone that sold stones. Just can't remember who he was.

Check out Chef Knives To Go for the Naniwa 'Green Brick of Joy' which is where I got mine....Free Shipping!

I looked back in my ebay purchase history and the seller of the Jasper was:

Custommadesharpenersandknives

Before buying anything, use the sharpie test to check you are getting the whole edge.

That said, I've used the naniwa super stone 1000 for bevel setting and it works pretty good