Thread: Carorundum Aloxite Razor Hone No. 200

Originally Posted by EucrisBoy

It says its been used on the ebay page. I also have a Chinese 12k on the way as well, so touch up on the Aloxite and finish on the Chinese 12k?

Im sure its used just does not looked dished,cupped. Yes your 12k should be good. You can use a slurry with it. I also use Naguras on my 12k just like a Jnat. Works amazing. !2k creat a very sharp crisp edge. If you like your edges Crisp and sharp. If its a little too much you can you Crox to soften it up a bit. I still use crox even of my 16k.

So start off with a few strokes on the Aloxite 200 then do 20-40 on the C12k?

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Im sure its used just does not looked dished,cupped. Yes your 12k should be good. You can use a slurry with it. I also use Naguras on my 12k just like a Jnat. Works amazing. !2k creat a very sharp crisp edge. If you like your edges Crisp and sharp. If its a little too much you can you Crox to soften it up a bit. I still use crox even of my 16k.

Originally Posted by EucrisBoy

So start off with a few strokes on the Aloxite 200 then do 20-40 on the C12k?

Yes prob 10 on the Aloxite with lather. The C12K is a slow stone. Raise a slury. do 20 circles down the stone then 20 x strokes. Repeat if needed. Most likely you will. Then water. 40-50. no preasure very light touch

this is just for touching up and refreshing right?

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Yes prob 10 on the Aloxite with lather. The C12K is a slow stone. Raise a slury. do 20 circles down the stone then 20 x strokes. Repeat if needed. Most likely you will. Then water. 40-50. no preasure very light touch

Originally Posted by EucrisBoy

this is just for touching up and refreshing right?

Yes. Because if the Aloxite is about where i think it is. Once you go across the Aloxite you will need to go up to a finisher.

I was thinking about it. If its just a touch up. You can run it across the 12K to refresh the edge. Just remember if the razor was honed with tape you will need to put tape on the spine when doing this. Crox is cheap. You can use a balsa strop. I have a piece of leather guled to a piece of wood. Hope this helped.

If it's aluminum oxide (which the name suggests), even if it's 2-4k type grit, if it's bound together really hard, you should be able to dull the al-ox grit on the surface and get the effect of a finer finish - especially with lather.

Certainly fine enough to shave with.

+1 on all above. In the old days, they would use emery paper to 'refresh' the stone surface if it became to smooth from use. It was suggested by some, which was someones opinion for a fact, that finishing the front on rougher emery cloth and the back on the finer emery cloth, a duality could be achieve by which the same stone could be used to quickly cut an edge with a few strokes on the front, and add a more polished finish on the finer back.

The same approach can be used when finishing a barbers hone that has suffered from decades of neglect, and in some cases abuse. Regardless, whatever the bond used, each is prone to deterioration in its own way. Some hones, like Swaty's, have a remarkabley durable surface, whereas as stone like the Aloxite becomes very porous and brittle on the surface over time. The bond used is different sometimes, even inside a single maker. Not all Aloxite stones used the same bonding material.

Either way, the surface can be prepped to do what you want it to do. You want a polisher, polish the stone. You need a cutter, rough up the surface with a DMT 325.

My 2 cents bro's!!

M

Here are a couple pics of the hone

Nice looking hone. HOw does it frrl?