Thread: Making a hone

It may look gritty in the pic because of the quartz sparkling, but it's really smooth. Put a nice shaving edge on my razor, and it is cured over a few days then cooked. I don't want to give away the process too much since it took a lot of research.

This is cool, it's always nice to see people striking out in new ventures. I take it you're looking to commercialize, since you're keeping the process secret--fair enough.

My question is, what prompted you to do this? What need or niche are you filling?

possibly a less expensive finishing stone option??

I would assume that, given the amount of work, the economy of scale involved, and the general facts of life, that producing these on any kind of meaningful basis wouldn't make them that cheap. I would very sincerely doubt that they could be cheaper than a PHIG, not if Mack values his time and effort anywhere near where he should.

I had no plans on selling my hones. Just wanted to see if I could make one that worked decently. I'm a serious do it yourself kind of guy. Finding information and doing a lot of research made me realize if someone else is serious about making their own hones they would do the same. I posted this for others who find it interesting and to maybe talk to other do it yourself kind of guys. Because the world seems full of "it can't be done" mentality. If anyone wants the recipe I will give you a list of basic ingredients. 70 percent Abrasive + 30 percent Adhesive+ a mold= a hone

Making hones doesn't require high tech, or anything. There are recipes that are about hundred years old - you can find them on google books for example.
As any other thing you can get as involved in it as you want.

Now, making a full line of hones like specialized companies like norton, shapton, naniwa, etc. make, and being able to successfully compete with them in terms in quality and cost is what is hard and does require high tech not to mention far more scientific and engineering knowledge than a typical DIY hobbyist possesses.

i personally would love to attempt something like this........

trying to make a "ultra fine" hone ~16-18k grit........... i would use it to hone the razors i have made for myself....

My inspirations exactly paco

What sort of finish does it give in terms if grit level? After which hone do you use it, and how many strokes does it take to polish?

Originally Posted by paco664

i personally would love to attempt something like this........

trying to make a "ultra fine" hone ~16-18k grit........... i would use it to hone the razors i have made for myself....

Well, without the expensive equipment, the grit range within the same hone would probably be a random distribution of anything between 200 and 20000.

Achieving a 16-18k range without low grit content is the hard part.
That is why a brick sized piece of chromium oxide for general purpose steel polishing costs 20$, whereas honing grade Chromium Oxide costs a dollar per gram or something like that.