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  1. 08-18-2012, 02:00 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackie View Post
    I really don't have much to add. I tried to get a shaving edge off mine, and it would get almost there but not real comfortable. The stone seems to be really fine like my 12 k but feels slightly gritty when honing on it. Seems too heavy for a little gnome to have made it. They would need help moving it.
    That's the sort of 'grittiness' I was referring to, ie it feels a bit gritty (or grainy) while honing with the slurry, not that the slurry feels gritty between your fingers - it is quite fine when dried, a bit like talc.

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    Speaking of grittiness thats what flamingo tastes like

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil Miller View Post
    That's the sort of 'grittiness' I was referring to, ie it feels a bit gritty (or grainy) while honing with the slurry, not that the slurry feels gritty between your fingers - it is quite fine when dried, a bit like talc.

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    Yes! It seemed VERY aggressive with the slurry! I will shave test the 2 I finished with no slurry and report. I wonder if this might lie somewhere between 8000 and 12000? It is a pain to figure out these naturals, is it not? A challenge.
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    My stone looks and feels like a 12 K . Really smooth, you know. However when honing It made a gritty almost scraping sound. I kept flushing the razor and hone thinking I had somehow got some grit on it. It did not feel like it had grit on it. It just sounded gritty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarkus View Post
    Speaking of grittiness thats what flamingo tastes like

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    I want one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackie View Post
    My stone looks and feels like a 12 K . Really smooth, you know. However when honing It made a gritty almost scraping sound. I kept flushing the razor and hone thinking I had somehow got some grit on it. It did not feel like it had grit on it. It just sounded gritty.
    Interesting. I had flattened mine, finishing with a very worn DMT. Using only water, it was very smooth to hone on. I did not feel any grittiness.
    Now slurried up, it felt like sand was on it!
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    sorry sharp about the gnome
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    Quote Originally Posted by USMCChaps View Post
    sorry sharp about the gnome
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    Quote Originally Posted by USMCChaps View Post
    sorry sharp about the gnome
    Thats all right! Just a "misgnomer"
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