Has anyone tried this hone? It says 6000 grit. I just ordered one.
Rozsutec Sharpening Stone, block | DICK GmbH - More Than Tools
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Has anyone tried this hone? It says 6000 grit. I just ordered one.
Rozsutec Sharpening Stone, block | DICK GmbH - More Than Tools
Now I want one! I'm going to have to bookmark it for later when I have a job. Did you order the bigger one?:D
It is actually much finer than 6k grit. When I got it I used it before moving to my Guangxi but when I got my USB microscope I discovered the Rozsutec is actualy finer than the Guangxi. I wasn't able to get a nice scratch pattern from it so I sold it because I have better finishers.
It is a very hard stone so you can also hone your knives on it without having to worry about dishing :)
Here are the scratchpatterns of my Rozsutec, a Charnley Forest and a small striped Thuringian.
Piet.... Thanks a bunch for the info!:tu
One thing I am not clear on, did you sell the Guangxi or the Rozsutec?
Also, how was the edge to shave with?
Ron...yup, the big one.:)
I sold the Rozsutec a few days ago. I've used it but I haven't actually shaved off of it afaik, which is a bit embarassing because I've had it for about a year. I've bought a bunch of new vintage hones recently and I felt like a few I didn't use just had to go.
I had the small one which is a pretty good deal considering the low price. The big version is so thick and wide you could cut it into several decent sized hones :D
There's not a significant difference between the scratch patterns left between your thuringian and your CF...
Which I am certainly glad you did decide to part with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
I'm not sure how accurate these pictures are. I didn't always hone enough to remove all previous scratches when I started using my microscope. My other Thuringians and Eschers produce finer scratch patterns. The CF I think I used was pretty fine and I took a finer scratch pattern picture of it later.
I didn't really know how to interpret sharpness from the scratch patterns at first. Now I think the darker the image the finer the stone is. Of the pictures I took of this razor the one Roszutec image is still one of the darkest. I might have sold it prematurely. Perhaps I get the bigger version if I need something from DICK again.
That's an old post jcsixx ;)
I'v got one custom made 250x75x25 with slurry stone. However I am still in proces of laping it as I want to compare two different colours each on one side and their influence for honing purposes. Normaly you don't get those colours separate as they are cut differently. Normaly they come stripy rather looking like coti/BBW combo. once I get my fat backside in gear and manage some soft to scale down my photos I will post them here.
I will be very interested to hear what your opinion of the grit size is. The reason I am considering purchasing one is a strong desire for a 6000 grit stone that will fill the gap between a Norton 4K and the Norton 8K.
if it is much slower then a norton 8k (i dont know its relative speed) would you still use it between the 4k and 8k?
What I want to know is if it is primarily a type of quartz and consequently the effective grit is determined by the grit of the lapping medium.
I like these stones and have 2 of them. The first one I bought was for my scythe and is a canoe shaped scythe stone. I have to say that is for the Austrian scythe and not the heavier English Scythe which is sharpened with a coarser stone. I then bought a small bench stone for woodworking. This stone is said to be the king of axe sharpening stones and will give the perfect finish for an axe, indeed a finish that you can shave from. I have seen pictures and videos of people shaving with an axe, something that I will not be doing any time soon.
I like the stone and it is very hard and cuts well with average speed. Not sure exactly what grit it is but 6000 grit is its upper limit IMHO
I am not an expert in honing and hones, and I don’t even have the microscope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
But, I use both the Rozsutec and the Peoples’ Hone and the feeling is that the Slovakian is a bit coarser that the Chinese. Maybe not 6000, but I would say less than 10000.
For those that care about reading ancient threads.
"The Rozsutec gets increasingly finer after intensive use,
probably due to the very hard bond causing the grains
hardly wear or get loose particles. Dressing goes very well
by using a natural Japanese Nagura stone. This smells
strong, but works very well. It creates a slurry that makes
the grinding with the Rozsutec stone much faster. The
slurry gets fairly rapidly much finer."
And just for your info:
Originally the sandstone is blue, but by corrosion the
surfaces, of the plates, the sandstone turns brown.
Therefore, almost all Roszutec whetstones have 2 brown
edges and a blue center band.
These are still being mined by one family in Slovakia
Cheers....
P.S. This is a very versatile stone hone.