Thread: Grit diameter vs grit number vs scale

In the South we enjoy our Grit(s) with Butter....

TY Rich

I needed that one hehehe

If you have 1K, 4K, and 8K slip stones I guess there are really no guidelines as to how a hone is colored as to what it may be in regards to it's grit rating? Kind of a question.. *S*
I have 3 slip stones that the white I can pretty much be sure from what I see online is 4000 grit. My 1K, and 8K, though I'm not sure. Apparently each manufacturer might make thier 8,000 grit honing stones from material that differes in color from some other makers.

When I hone with the darkish red stone I use just a little dish soap (as with the others) and on this hone the razor just glides along like it is on warmed butter. With the cream / light tan colored hone, I can get some drag and resistance and more importantly, I can see some grayish water on the stone indicating that I am removing enough metal to be a part o f the water. With the reddish-brown, I see no such metal material in the water. Don't think they are Norton, but I "seem" to have beetter luck using the tan - white - red-brown in that order. Next step is the 00 Frictionite on the "FINISH" side, which should be about 10,000 grit, and finally, the Chinese 12k. That is about as fine as I have, unless you count newpaper.

Should, or "could" one use a 800 or 600 grit when you are establishing a bevel and do it safely?

Originally Posted by gugi

May be because there's a lot of honers that are too insecure in their masculinity to use the pink hone?
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Caution --honing with a pink hone can result in
pink lather.