Thread: Any stone can hone?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Really just about anything can be a hone when you really think about it. The question is are there better choices? You know if you put your razor under running water long enough you'll have the sharpest razor in the world. The kicker is the wait.

would i want the edge up or down for that experiment? seriously, you you want the water hitting the edge or the spine and running to the edge

I hope there will no wastage of water, please.
I know that honing a razor is very different of a knife. And I love my razors.
But my experiment with this stone is for me very interesting.
I will tell you what happens when I finish a good lapping and of course if I expose a razor to it.
Stay tuned.
Best regards to all.

na im just curious as to how you would use water to sharpen, im on a well so i wont be wastign hundreds of gals of water on a razor.

Have you ever heard of water cutting machine? Simple tecnology. High presure pump and water jet.

Originally Posted by adrspach

Have you ever heard of water cutting machine? Simple tecnology. High presure pump and water jet.

And to cut steel they typically use a garnet abrasive. Throws sparks quite well.

Originally Posted by adrspach

Have you ever heard of water cutting machine? Simple tecnology. High presure pump and water jet.

+1 They're called CNC machines.

One of the mining methods they used back in the 19th century was hydroliking where water was used to remove rock. Probably to sharpen a razor with running water from a faucet would take a few hundred years, maybe more.

"Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo” Ovid says. (A drop of water hollows a stone, not by force, but by continuously dripping)

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

One of the mining methods they used back in the 19th century was hydroliking where water was used to remove rock. Probably to sharpen a razor with running water from a faucet would take a few hundred years, maybe more.

They were not actually cutting the stone though, just using the pressure to move dirt, gravel and rocks around. To cut steel as I said abrasive grit is used. Now if you made say a chrome oxide mix it might work.

Originally Posted by 100fuegos

I hope there will no wastage of water, please.

You can't waste water. It is free, and recycles itself. Even my first grade daughter knows (and recites) the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

It's the pumping, purification/chlorination, distribution, storage, and fluoridation that we buy.