Thread: Help me identify the stone.

Originally Posted by mainaman

+1

please post your question in Russian too.

Переводчик просто ужас.Простите.Хотел,с Вашего позволения задать ещё один вопрос.Могу ли я,при заточке бритвы,после этого камня, переходить сразу на стропу ?И ,сколько примерно в нём крит?

Originally Posted by adrspach

I guess google translator. Is this what you wanted to say?
Скажите, пожалуйста, сколько Крит в камень, и вы можете сделать на заточки бритвы, после его переезда в ремни

Understood everything correctly.

OK what you loking for is how many laps you have to do with your razor on your hone before you go on strop.
To answer your question is not so easy. Each natural hone is different. Additionaly your hone i of smaller size. From my experience also if you have a razor with smilling edge does not help.
Have a look here to liks on honing with Thuringian or Escher and adapt them to your hone and honing setup.
Sorry not to be anymore precise but I am sure somebody here will.

Originally Posted by Ruslan

Переводчик просто ужас.Простите.Хотел,с Вашего позволения задать ещё один вопрос.Могу ли я,при заточке бритвы,после этого камня, переходить сразу на стропу ?И ,сколько примерно в нём крит?

yes this is the final stone in the honing process, after it you go straight to the strop.
Now how many laps you need to do is a bit of a test and error affair.
Just try different counts and see what you like best. The number will also depend on the quality of the finished edge, better finished edge will need less laps in general.

I agree with mainaman. Learning how to use your stone/ hone/ strop is part of the game. Be brave and have a andventure. I started thinking that shaving is it, but then I opened a can of worms with hones and sharpening and that is even more fun for me.

What a handsome little hone! Congrats!

As for number of strokes, note that too many strokes on soft Thuringians can dull your edge. And: although it is possible to start with Thuringians directly after bevel-setting, you get most out of them when you use them as absolute finishers; if you need more than a dozen laps, you weren't quite finished on the preceding rougher hone.