Originally Posted by
gssixgun
What we are trying to explain is that not one person Honing razors would use that method..
We don't need it on any level.. We don't dish stones, we barely touch the things and we simply re-fresh with a few quick laps of a Diamond plate/Lapping Stone and we are good to go... Even those of us that hone a ton of razors, most people on this forum hone maybe 1 razor a month if that they really would never use that system...
Even re-lapping the stones for flatness using a grid takes us a mere minute or two.. The initial lapping for flatness when we buy a new stone is the only chore, after that we rarely need to lap for flatness...
This is exactly what I have been pointing out all along, what you are sharpening and what we are sharpening are two totally different animals...
Which is exactly why most every one of your threads has the same discussion, which is why I explained that you need to make it quite clear that you are discussing Plane Blades ie: tools not Straight Razors as this will just keep happening...
And for one last time I don't know where you can up with the Diamond shedding thing but that has not been most of our experiences here on this forum ,,, The only problems people have had with Plates is Lapping without using enough water , to low a grit of stone that you are lapping, or a defective plate which is quite obvious...
Most Razor guys have one 1k stone and some don't even have that, there are a very few of us idiots that own more but honestly the thought of rubbing my Chosera against my King and my Norton or my Naniwa or Shapton to get all of them flat just really does not appeal to me in the least... Buying three stones that are all the same to lap them flat, would not be an option that I would choose either...
I don't know how else to word it and I apologize for coming on strong but you just don't seem to understand the differences between the two sharpening systems here...
let me illustrate
Plane Blades-------------------------Miles------------------------------Straight Razors