Thread: Any ideas on this one

well this is it lapped and pictured wet in natural light. The slurry was a milky greeny grey colour.

That's not like any CF that I have seen before. Perhaps a Tam.

Well I guess that it doesn't really matter what it is, I think I shall call it my olive hone.

What does matter is that it gives an awesome edge. Today I took a no name German which I bought on the bay. The edge had a couple of tiny nibbles so I taped and honed it smooth. I then dulled the edge and started again but without tape as I prefer not using tape.

The progression King 1000/6000, Olive hone.

- Circles on the 1000 with a little slurry until it cuts arm hair
- 48 laps on the 1000 side starting with a light slurry diluting to water
- 48 laps on the 6000 side starting with a light slurry diluting to water
- 150ish laps on the olive hone and water

Stropped and shave, its a fantastic edge, sharp and smooth, ploughed through 2 days of stubble like a warm knife through butter.

Previously I've tried that method finishing with a dragons tongue then on to a c12k after and got a fair shaving edge but nothing like this one. Its also a better edge than I get from a coticule.

Strangely enough. Today I went to one of CF quarries and have seen a piece of raw roch which was showing simmilar pattern to yours. It leaves me with 3 possibilities CF, TOS and Idwall hone.

Thanks that's great.

I bought it stated as a charnley and when I asked why they thought it was one the comment implied to me that it been owned for a while and this was a genuinely held belief, albeit that is no guarantee of anything.

The true colour doesn't come across well in the pictures but certainly is a blend of grey and olive green, I know CF's are often green are any others?

The honing progression I chose was deliberate in so much as I know that coming off the 6k side of the King leaves an edge which isn't nice to shave with, as such the new hone is definitely the one that has refined the edge. From the shave test I rate it above my DT, C12K and Coticule, although I have a les lat, which I have yet to fully investigate.

From what I've read a TOS is unlikely to have have put such a good edge on the razor, so I'm going to rule that out.

I am really looking forward to learning how best to use this stone, it might even be a HAD killer.

Originally Posted by Jeltz

From what I've read a TOS is unlikely to have have put such a good edge on the razor, so I'm going to rule that out.

I wouldn't. Some white Tams are finer than 8K and give respectable shaves.

Well that is true and my hands on knowledge is nil but the reason I presumed against it is that all I've read is about the the really good tams is that they are grey on white and pretty light which this isn't, FWIW the slurry when lapping on 180 put me in mind of palmolive stick colour wise.

Interesting slurry. So far I can cay any of CFs going through my hands was more or less white.
With the colour they vary from greyish, green to blue.
Jeltz you hope it will be HAD killer. Not a chance.

Well the reason I said that it was off the 180 grit is that that was sand paper while the others were wet and dry. The sand paper was white so I guess that it most likely lightened the slurry possibly brining out the green more where as the slurry off the wet and dry papers was much more grey,

As previously stated while it would be nice to know for sure, the thing that matters to me is that it is my best finisher, currently.

Hopefully I shall get to go to a razor con eventually and be able to see some other stones and maybe find out how this compares with them.