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Thread: My new llyn melynllyn hone.
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01-28-2012, 09:48 PM #1
My new llyn melynllyn hone.
Just arrived with post, according to the seller in 2 hours you can lap it yourself. Bought sandpaper: 60 grit, 220 grit, 400 grit. Used 3 sheet of 60, 1 sheet of 220 and 1/2 sheet 400 grit paper.
It took 2 hours to lap it, after a tiring day at work. Started to do it at 1 am. It turned out really nice, did not used yet, but will so next week. While lapping it was giving a purplish-pink slurry. I asked the seller for a small slurry stone, which I got with the package. The hone itself is 1550 gram after lapping....
I really like the copper green spots on the stone. Hope you like it. Will let you know how it works out. G night.
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01-28-2012, 10:32 PM #2
That is one big beast of a hone!
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01-28-2012, 11:18 PM #3
WOW! Sweet. That is a brick of a hone. I like the spots also.
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01-28-2012, 11:40 PM #4
Yeah, it is HUGE!!!! Was thinking about somehow split it in two, I can see lines running in the middle, but have to admit that I am afraid to mess it up.... Tomorrow will try it out. Then shave-test one of my razors. Most likely my frameback "Le Talisman". G. night
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01-29-2012, 05:07 AM #5
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Thanked: 433If it's anything like mine, you will like it!
For splitting, I would try and find someone with a lapidary rock saw, that would probably be the safest way to split it
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01-29-2012, 05:15 PM #6
Just finished shaving with my freshly honed razor. Closest shave ever, really keen edge, sharp and comfortable, no razor burn at all. Llyn melynllyn hone really gave a smooth edge!!!! Used Thiers Issard frameback razor. 50 laps with slurry then 20 without, HHT passed, then stropped. After a hot shower it cut my stubble with no effort. (4 days stubble, like nails...) For 30 GBP shipped, it was a REAL BARGAIN. Highly recommended.
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01-30-2012, 02:06 AM #7
Congratulations that's a beauty. I was very close to getting one of those. I wound up getting the dual stone.
------Michael
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01-30-2012, 12:03 PM #8
Nice big one. With those green inclusions it looks a lot like a vintage stone of mine.
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01-30-2012, 01:11 PM #9
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Thanked: 459Very pretty stone. I never get tired of looking at pictures of natural stones.
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01-30-2012, 01:59 PM #10
Yeah I am really happy to have this "weapon". Was afraid, that will have trouble lapping it, but it was easy and fun. Those green spots are the "cream on the cake".