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01-01-2011, 04:05 PM #1
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Thanked: 443Fast vs. Smooth
This is more a theoretical question as I try to wrap my mind around what goes on where the metal meets the stone.
Is it possible to establish your desired keenness on a fast but harsh finisher, then smooth the edge out on a coticule or Thuringian or similar finisher?
Also, do these smooth finishers still give such smooth edges if used just wet, no slurry?
Thank you!"These aren't the droids you're looking for." "These aren't the droids we're looking for." "He can go about his business." "You can go about your business."
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01-01-2011, 04:13 PM #2
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Thanked: 3795I think you've just described honing. That is, you set the shape during the bevel set. You sharpen it to make the apex of the edge properly narrow. Finally you smooth the bevel and the edge.
In general, you will get a smoother finish with just a wet stone without slurry. I cannot think of a hone with which that is not the case.
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01-01-2011, 05:18 PM #3
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Thanked: 2591Also, do these smooth finishers still give such smooth edges if used just wet, no slurry?Stefan
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01-04-2011, 12:29 AM #4
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01-04-2011, 01:10 AM #5
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Thanked: 443I bought a 6/8 extra-hollow from Pinklather, which he had sharpened on an Asagi, and it's the most amazing edge I've yet shaved with. The same stone, he said, could create frightening flesh-eating keenness (my overblown words, not his) or strictly vegetarian hair-slicing smooth keenness. The latter is what he put on my blade. The rest of my blades are 5/8s, so I made a couple of sloppy landings on the first shave. One of them really should have cost me about 1/8" of lip, but that slurry-tuned edge just didn't have that kind of hunger. It took more hair WTG than I usually get in two passes. A real joy.
I'd love to hear more of Pinklather's thoughts about honing with this stone. I'll never shell out for one (no, really, I probably won't), but would love to learn the lessons it has to teach."These aren't the droids you're looking for." "These aren't the droids we're looking for." "He can go about his business." "You can go about your business."
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01-04-2011, 01:33 AM #6
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Thanked: 13249You are really over simplifying here on this,,, just so long as you understand that, then yes what you are saying is true... There is so much more to it as you start digging deeper and deeper into honing...
An example is your story about the Asagi, this same stone might put just an OK edge on say a Sheffield wedge, where a Charnley Forest or a Coticule could make hair melt off the face on that razor... These things are found as you hone more and more...
Three things have to come together to make an exceptional edge
1. The Razor
2. the right stone for that razor
3 the skill in the hands
Many stones, on many razors, in many hands, make great edges but those exceptional edges are few and far between, and there is only a minute difference between Great and Exceptional...
I hope that makes a bit of sense...
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01-04-2011, 01:41 AM #7
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Thanked: 443Yes, it does. And it's why I've decided to keep a honing diary. I've read mentions of them here and there, and thought "Wow, that's overkill." But as the RAD and HAD duke it out (one's the lub, one's the dub, and on an on they go) I have more variations to try and to track.
It's good to learn that what I thought was a specific question is still pretty broad."These aren't the droids you're looking for." "These aren't the droids we're looking for." "He can go about his business." "You can go about your business."
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01-01-2011, 05:31 PM #8
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01-04-2011, 12:59 AM #9
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