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I know there's a general distrust for ebay stuff.
With that in mind, might a honemeister have a look at this and tell me why it's suspect?
3-Piece Sharpening Set - eBay (item 360226728785 end time Mar-17-10 09:49:45 PDT)
Secondly, which grit stone is generally thought best for taking out small dingers on a blade?
Thanks in advance!
I've been wondering about these too.
Apart from the shipping delay from Poland, they look to be very similar to what I'm seeing on other sites.
Glad to know I'm not the only one whose interest is piqued.
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Originally Posted by BobKincaid
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Thanks, gugi!
I assume then, that if one has removed the dingers, one then goes on to 5K and then 8K, or may one just jump to a pasted strop w/ some .5 Chromium Dioxide?
While I can't speak to your second question, I will say that I bought the 12k from this guy about a month ago, and was very pleased both with the quality of the stone and speed of shipment. I thought it was a great deal, considering the cost.
Fred
yeah that's the idea, the most efficient way is to use progression of hones from 1k to 8k. I don't think you can have any success jumping to .5u paste until you've done excellent job all the way through 8k.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobKincaid
I'm pretty sure his Chinese Polishing hone is the same as the one at Woodcraft: Natural Polishing Water Stone - Woodcraft.com
I have no idea what the 5 or 8k hones are. With Naniwas, I go 1 5 8 finisher, but I don't know if that would work with these. These days, I'm suspicious of cheap hones, but my first bevel setter was a King 1k (also from woodcraft) for $20 and it worked very well, so you never know.
My final thought is that hones are not a place to skimp. Bad hones, even with awesome razors and an awesome honer, will likely have bad edges. Not to mention good hones really aren't that expensive, especially when you consider how much use you'll get out of them. We are talking less than $.01 for every razor you hone.
im wondering who makes those hones too. The shipping on a few of those is damn high.
I too have this stone and find it a good stone.
That's nice. Could you elaborate further? What razors have you honed on it? How many strokes? Lapping? Any additional information would be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hux
Thanks.
Im still a relative newbie to straights, as for razors i honed a [gulp] gd 200 which was meant to be shave ready, i did 50 laps on this stone with no slurry required if anything it made the razor stick a bit, just throw the water on and off you go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynn
No lapping or chamfering was required as the stone already has this done and when honing it felt very level no problems at all.
The edge itself became much smoother and sharper, oddly it felt less sharp but dragging it across the nail it dug in very fast, really surprised me.
As stones go im very happy with it, bit on the small side width wise but im used to sharpening knives in such a manner, price wise you're pretty much laughing.
Hope that gives you what you're after.
Oh i do have a 5/8 tudor rose in fine cocobolo coming from razurpur, so that then will give me a much better idea.
so any one has tested this other than Hux? the price is very tempting :)
I bought just his 8k stone early on, but do not consider myself a honemeister. it is smaller than a Norton hone,marked made in China, white and when lapped, seems to do the job. I successfully brought up my first honing attempt up to shave readiness using this hone, along with Norton 1k/4k and the Chineese 12k.
If there is a guru out there who has the creds to evaluate this hone, I'll send it to him to evaluate.
Goog
I purchased a chinese water stone from that guy on ebay. The stone is very nice, it was lapped and edges were beveled and it took about a week to get to me.
FWIW, I just did an ebay search for his stones. I can get an 8x2 from him in Poland for $40 USD shipped. OTOH, I can get the 8x2 from Woodcraft for $20 + whatever shipping is and if the stone has any problems, inclusions or whatever, it is an easy return or exchange. Woodcraft gets $35 for the 8x3. I bought the 8x2 a year or two ago. Haven't used it much but it has been alright when I have used it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brando