Thread: Welsh Thuringian

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

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?

Jeltz has been getting nice results going from the 6k King to this stone. I've not got this stone but going to my purple slate from AJ from the king 6k works. Whilst AJ has estimated them around 15k others have leaned towards 12k, 8k and below. If you do end up with an exceptionally fine example that makes the jump from 8k seems too much, do a happy dance.

Originally Posted by Proinsias

Jeltz has been getting nice results going from the 6k King to this stone. I've not got this stone but going to my purple slate from AJ from the king 6k works. Whilst AJ has estimated them around 15k others have leaned towards 12k, 8k and below. If you do end up with an exceptionally fine example that makes the jump from 8k seems too much, do a happy dance.

I've just decided it will be an ok jump as long as I can get the one stone honing lyn does down. Thanks for the advice guys.

I picked up a set of the three hones, and have been playing with them for a few days now. I have found my sweet spot to be chosera 1k, 5k Naniwa ss, 8k Naniwa ss, then i go through a progression of the three stones DT, LW, WT, this is of course modified based on the current state of the razor. Wicked edges and buttery shaves. Depending on the blade I have found that the LW and WT finish different blades better so I test both and then decide which of the two to stop at for each individual blade. I also tried a lather on both stones and have found it to work well for some and not for others. I have not tried oil yet still pondering if i want to even attempt that route. These stones seem to have quite a bit of versatility to them with many options to work with. Glen's Pigtail strokes do seem to help allot when going from the 8k Naniwa to the DT. All in all I like the shaves off these stones so far and enjoy experimenting with them.