Thread: Shapton Ceramic on glass hones

Yepp, first thing you do is tap the thermometer in the room to make sure it's sitting pretty at 18c...... well, at least us metric guys do.

When it comes to honing razors, all this accuracy doesn't amount to a hill of beans really... Over the width of a razors bevel, we're talking molecules in difference between a perfectly flat hone and one that's out 0.001" over an 8" length. The film of water being used for lubrication while honing will add more error than what we're talking about... add a few particles of slurry and all bets are off.

And yet.... it's a damn fine honing system by all accounts. Urgl..... I can't resist!

Regards

Kaptain "I'm sooooo weeeeak" Zero

The biggest thing for me when looking at a system like this is durability. I have my vintage combo belgian, but it has obviously seen years of hard use. If I take it out of all service, excepting razor honing, from this day forward, it should last me the rest of my life (hopefully a good long time from now). If I pick up a Shapton system, it should be able to do my plane blades, chisels, stoopid sharp knives, and all the other toys I pick up in the future without ending up needing replacement. The other option (since I have a sweet lapping plate already) is to just buy a second belgian combo or just a coticule (my combo has TONS of blue left). Now that I think about it, it seems kind of like a no-brainer.

Ok... I is as schmart as the next guy, but really.... since when did "BRAINS" have anything to do with this?!?!?

Regards

Kaptain "I've lost it for good now..." Zero