Thread: DRAGONS TONGUE SLURRY

I just got finished lapping a Dragon's Tongue hone from Neil M. which included a slurry stone. Is a slurry recommended for using this hone?

I am guessing that it would be but not sure since I have no experience with a DT.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.......

I found with slurry it's very similar to a BBW, but a bit faster. The DT load up pretty quick with just water, but raising a very light slurry helps clean off the surface and prevent it from loading. Then finish with just water.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I found with slurry it's very similar to a BBW, but a bit faster. The DT load up pretty quick with just water, but raising a very light slurry helps clean off the surface and prevent it from loading. Then finish with just water.

I'm trying to get used to my DT too. The various Dragon posts have no real consensus on where it belongs in a progression. I've got a SS 1K and very fine Coticule that seems far too slow and fine to handle the sharpening stage when used with slurry. Is it your experience that the DT can work immediately after the 1K when used with slurry and bridge the gap between the SS and the Coti?

I just tried my first methodical test of the DT by setting a bevel with the 1K and then using only the DT, diluting the slurry from thick down to water only, before stropping and shaving. The shave was ok, smooth without a burn, but my face felt like it does in the evening, when I need a shave. I'm not sure if this a proper test though, as the DT shouldn't really be the last stone used.

My whole touch-up regime is a DT with slurry, DT with water then C12K and strop.

I would guess you could go from a 1K to a DT with slurry, but it is a guess as I don't own or use anything less than the DT.

As a matter of interest, I have taken an E-Bay Gold Dollar (far from shave ready) to shave ready using this set-up alone.

I've used the DT with slurry after the 1k and it did fine. It could also go after a 4k if you use only a light slurry before diluting.

Neil Miller seems to believe that a properly lapped DT comes in around 9k. This estimate is based on his experience with lapping and using several DTs. After lapping my own DT purchased from Neil and feeling the surface with my fingertips, I tend to agree with him on the grit rating.

I just honed a nice edge on an old Geneva roundpoint with the Norton 4k to the Norton 8k to the DT to the Escher. It shaved quite nicely.......

I like the Dragon's Tongue and will use it often..........

ah, but the question is; does it look like a Dragon's tongue?

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Neil Miller seems to believe that a properly lapped DT comes in around 9k. This estimate is based on his experience with lapping and using several DTs.

Yes, the lapping is key. Taking mine up to P2500 on some nice SIA paper made a huge difference, revealing it to be quite a decent finishing stone. I get edges from it similar to those from my C12k, only faster.

From my experience DTs vary in their grit. It could be because that they not come from one quarry/location only. Slurry speeds up the work (and it does not clog up so fast) as well as few people lap them on very course paper which gives them effect of sharpening on courser hone.

Originally Posted by adrspach

From my experience DTs vary in their grit. It could be because that they not come from one quarry/location only. Slurry speeds up the work (and it does not clog up so fast) as well as few people lap them on very course paper which gives them effect of sharpening on courser hone.

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Please remember Mr. Miller's term "proprerly lapped stone". And bear in mind that he is considered somewhat of an expert by our forum members.

I initially lapped my DT with a DMT 325 and smoothed it out with a 1k afterwards. Definitely smoother than the 8ks I have.