Thread: Help Looking For New Hone

Originally Posted by cpcohen1945

What's wrong with continuing to use the 1000-grit wet/dry sandpaper to set bevels? Just cut it to 3" wide.

IMHO, if you want a hone wider than the AmbiCut, the obvious choice is a Norton 4000/8000 to replace it. It will fill the gap between 2K sandpaper and the C12K.

. . . Charles (another sandpaper sharpener)

Actually, I'm kind of liking the Ambicut as it seems to do a very good job of cleaning up the edge. It's the working up to that that I'm thinking of doing something about. Nothing wrong with the wet/dry, just thinking about getting a hone or two to replace it with. I figured that if there is something between the 1000 grit, and the Ambicut, I might go that route. Or, if there is some combo that will replace the 1000 grit, and add something between that and the Ambicut, then that might also be something to consider.

Your right though. I can get by with what I have (have been anyway). I can even use the fine and ultra fine rods from my Sharpmaker if necessary. Maybe I don't need anything else.

The glass plate i work on is about 8"x10". Sits on my lap nicely when listening to PC.

Originally Posted by cpcohen1945

What's wrong with continuing to use the 1000-grit wet/dry sandpaper to set bevels? Just cut it to 3" wide.

IMHO, if you want a hone wider than the AmbiCut, the obvious choice is a Norton 4000/8000 to replace it. It will fill the gap between 2K sandpaper and the C12K.

. . . Charles (another sandpaper sharpener)

Originally Posted by ghostrider

Nothing wrong with the wet/dry, just thinking about getting a hone or two to replace it with.

You use what is in hand and what you can get by with, right up until you get a full set of hones... Once you hone on a set, like the Norton 1/4/8 or the Naniwas or Shaptons you will wonder how you ever got by without them

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You use what is in hand and what you can get by with, right up until you get a full set of hones... Once you hone on a set, like the Norton 1/4/8 or the Naniwas or Shaptons you will wonder how you ever got by without them

That's kind of what I thought.

The sandpaper works just fine, but it would be nicer to have a hone to do it with. Maybe that Bester 12k will work for me.

Did you ever realize that the SRD ambicut hone is a combo with a natural side?
The synthetic is 6-8k and the natural is an excellent vintage thuringian.
If one like barber hones an naturals, this is a dream come true.
Size is good 6x2 and they came in wooden box and a slurry stone.Beside a bevelsetter the ambicut is everything you Will ever need

Originally Posted by Frameback

Did you ever realize that the SRD ambicut hone is a combo with a natural side?
The synthetic is 6-8k and the natural is an excellent vintage thuringian.
If one like barber hones an naturals, this is a dream come true.
Size is good 6x2 and they came in wooden box and a slurry stone.Beside a bevelsetter the ambicut is everything you Will ever need

Thanks.
This is information that I didn't previously know, and was kind of what I was looking for.