Thread: Welsh Thuringian

Could be a Thuringian and maybe if it is resonable maybe worth a try.

Originally Posted by ruday555

Could be a Thuringian and maybe if it is resonable maybe worth a try.

Thuringian are from Germany, these welsh wanabee thuri are from the UK.

I just got my welsh thuringian from AJ today and immediately played with it with some blades. First I lapped it with my DMT 325 and it didn't take much, it came pretty flat. It looks very "slate-ish) dry but wet green. gray blue lines appear. Under the scope there are ALL kind of sparklies, like this pic of a C12K
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honing...ng-escher.html

I choose a 1963 5/8" russian blade I had just honed on a Deep Rock Vintage Coticule with a dilucot yesterday and got a good but not amazing shave from this morning. I want to see if the WT( welsh thuri) would advance the edge.
I built up a slurry with the supplied slurry stone( not easy BTW and not a lot of slurry either) and did 20 X strokes and tested. VERY much sharper! Very surprised. Another 20 laps as well and even sharper!
40 laps on leather and I'll shave test it tomorrow. The scratch patterns aren't all that pretty, especially since I've been using Jnats a lot lately and have gotten attached to those sandblasted mirror finishes.

BUT this thing feels like it will make the blade very sharp,even as a finishing stone but the real question for me is how smooth? The Jnats of late have been sharp and buttery so that will be hard to beat.

Also I'm not sure if one is supposed to finish on slurry or water with these?

Knowledges?

thx

I have been using mine for a while and it does improve an 8K edge and gets the razor very keen. After a little stropping the smoothness comes up some.

Originally Posted by rmalak

I have been using mine for a while and it does improve an 8K edge and gets the razor very keen. After a little stropping the smoothness comes up some.

I wonder if finishing on slurry instead of water will make it smoother without losing sharpness. Can't wait to shave tomorrow!

If I were to buy one of the stones AJ estimates to be around 15k and use it after my norton 8k would that be too big of a grit jump?

Originally Posted by bmilesmiles

If I were to buy one of the stones AJ estimates to be around 15k and use it after my norton 8k would that be too big of a grit jump?

I would think so but I'm a newbie myself.A Chinese 12 k waterstone is seriously cheap ( $40.) and is an easy jump(plus it's probably not going to be 12 k). As I wrote though, under the scope, the sparklies and the base material of the C12k and the Welsh Thuri I bought look very close .Or you could get a coticule bout fairly inexpensively to bridge the gap.


It's a killer deal imo. I just paid 35 for a jnat nagura that is probably the size of the slurry stone that came for free with the WT. But I haven't shaved off it yet, either )

I recall reading a comprehensive test by several wet shavers on this set of hones
It included using the slurry stone on different hones, light slurry, heavy slurry, just water and also oil

I just cant recall if it was on this forum or some other one
I have tried a number of different searches and not found it here yet
If anyone knows of it or has read it or has a link I know there was a lot of information that would be great to share
I will keep looking and see if I can find it

Rick

Was it this thread?

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ns-tongue.html

This is various people comparing the stones in the set from the UK ebay slate seller: a DT, an LM and a higher grit slate.

Yes that is the one, good find Matt69
After reading the first few pages I am certain it is the right thread

I hope our interested members will have a great read here
Enjoy