Thread: A comparison between the purple and greenish hones from the Tri Hone set

So you're saying it's either Purple grapes or Green grapes but they're still grapes! I have natural stones but I'll feel unsure when i'm tempted to buy more with out being able to hold and touch them ! Synthetic! From a store where I can send it back to, if I don't think it's working as stated.

Well over the last few days I've played about with these 2 stones using a light oil with PTFE called GT85. I used both to touch up the edge on good shavers which had just gone off the boil a little.

The green (WT) was used on my Dovo Pima Silver Steel and the purple (LM) was used on my Thomas Turner Lancet Edge. Both are excellent shavers and both just needed a little refinement on a blade that could have carried on giving good shaves a while longer but I want great shaves so I refresh the edge more often that may be strictly necessary.

Again both stones produced a similar edge with oil with the green hone being my preference by a slight margin. The edge from oil is more engaging or crisper where as the edge from water is mellower, to be honest that is down to personal preference.

As I see it there is so little between these stones although I do think the green (WT) gives a very slightly more refined edge.

One thing that I am sure on though is that both are great value finishers and IMO more useful than a C12K.

Originally Posted by Jeltz

Well over the last few days I've played about with these 2 stones using a light oil with PTFE called GT85. I used both to touch up the edge on good shavers which had just gone off the boil a little.

The green (WT) was used on my Dovo Pima Silver Steel and the purple (LM) was used on my Thomas Turner Lancet Edge. Both are excellent shavers and both just needed a little refinement on a blade that could have carried on giving good shaves a while longer but I want great shaves so I refresh the edge more often that may be strictly necessary.

Again both stones produced a similar edge with oil with the green hone being my preference by a slight margin. The edge from oil is more engaging or crisper where as the edge from water is mellower, to be honest that is down to personal preference.

As I see it there is so little between these stones although I do think the green (WT) gives a very slightly more refined edge.

One thing that I am sure on though is that both are great value finishers and IMO more useful than a C12K.

So how has the hones held up over the past year of use? would you still say they are a good value for the money or would you go with another finisher?

I have a set of three - Dragons Tongue, Lyn Mellelyn and the Welsh Slate.
I don't use them much any more because I find no 'challenge' to them.
Having said that, I'll have to give them another go after I learn more about my Thuringian.
They are the closest natural I've used to synthetics as far as the method of using them goes.
I've used them from bevel set (on 1K) in a progression, using slurry gradually diluted to water and moving on the the next one.
They give me a great edge, however of course, YMMV