Thread: Grandpas Hone

Try Howard Schechter at The Perfect Edge , or just use a DMT diamond card. They work well and ensure that your slurry is 100% from your hone, not from the slurry stone. You can probably get the DMT card at your local Woodcraft store. BTW, after learning to use a coticule, I retired my Nortons permanently. A DMT 325 diamond plate works well for bevel setting and chip removal, and the next 2 levels for me are the BBW with slurry followed by the coticule with and without slurry. (or an Escher). YMMV. Sometimes I like to use a barber hone for part of the progression too. There are a lot of available stones, hones and techniques that will achieve a nice shaving edge, once you master any of them. Find what works best for you.