Hi all,
The search facility doesn't bring up much on these. I get the impression they are not in any way comparable to say, a Swaty, or similar.
Are they best used as an interesting paperweight?
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Hi all,
The search facility doesn't bring up much on these. I get the impression they are not in any way comparable to say, a Swaty, or similar.
Are they best used as an interesting paperweight?
Sorry i couldn't understand your question. Last part.
"Are they best used as an interesting paperweight?"
i can answer to early part.
they are very very fast cutting stones. very hard stone and PITA to lap them. they will leave approximately 6-8k level edge.
hope this helps.
They work well as barbers hones in my opinion.
Great info thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl
I´ve just bought a Aloxite hone and if its 6-8k it will be the missing stone.
Before i bought it i had only 1-3k combo and 12k so i guess i was lucky.
See post 47, 61 and 63 in the following thread:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ristics-7.html
To my recollection, the Aloxite is quite comparable to the Swaty hones. They are perfectly adequate for maintaining a razor indefinitely.
Sham is like the random hone master! If anyone knows about strange rare stones he would.
Agreed, but FYI, the Aloxite is a pretty common hone, in case anybody wants one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disburden
I have an Aloxite #79 and I have been told that it is a great barber's hone. I need to become more skilled with the whole honing process before I understand exactly where this stone fits in. Interesting tidbit: it slurries up like mud super-fast with a bit of water. I now understand that it is supposed to be used dry... Are all Aloxites this way?
It can be used wet or dry. If yours is producing a slurry, then it's likely that the binder is breaking down. I'm not familiar with any barber hone, specifically any Carborundum, more specifically any Aloxite that would produce a slurry.
Perhaps I am misunderstanding what a slurry is; a mix of the water and the particles of the hone itself, suspended in the water?
That is what I get with a bit of water. The whole suspension is very muddy, and becomes so very quickly.
Your definition of a slurry is correct. Unfortunately, I don't know of a single barber hone that makes a slurry. I am familiar with the two Aloxite hones made by Carborundum and neither of them should make a slurry. Some barber hones degrade and become brittle. I suspect something along those lines has happened to yours.
I love my #200 and have used it successfully on long trips.
They are good barber hones. In my opinion the carborundum barber hones (including the aloxite)Quote:
Originally Posted by welshwizard
work well on some of the gosh darn hard steel used on some american made razors.
Silicon carbide and Aluminum Oxide are both much harder abrasives than can be found in
common hone stone. Some razors respond well, some micro chip... esp. if too many strokes
or too heavy-hard a hand is used.
Aloxite is only slightly "softer" than Silicium carbide, one of the hardest abrasives, after
diamond.
Light strokes with lather could prove the ticket to a great shave.
I managed to dig out a Carborundum 79. I did not recall this before, but it is described as a DRY hone.