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08-19-2012, 01:59 AM #1Razor Vulture
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Thats all right! Just a "misgnomer"
Originally Posted by USMCChaps
sorry sharp about the gnome
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08-19-2012, 03:56 AM #2Senior Member
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Love the thread.
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08-19-2012, 02:28 PM #3Senior Member
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I think you could use a little more liquid on that stone Sharptonn looks a bit dry.
Now thats what I call a slurry!!!sharptonn likes this.
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08-19-2012, 06:58 PM #4Razor Vulture
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OK! to report, like Mackie related, regardless of how the razors felt finishing on the gnomestone with only water on the surface, the 2 razors I tested this morning were....neh. Picked up my Bengall, freshly touched up on Naniwa 12000, and thought "that's more like it!"
Seems, although it's been a while, I got a better final edge off of the Norton 8000 in the past. I suppose this thing is somewhere around 4k to 6k and tons lower if slurried. Probably really good for knives or possibly down low in a natural progression. OR a fine Gnomestone for a Gnomes perch! Still, it was fun and interesting to fool with it. I learned a lot and well.....we had a bit of levity!
And to all my gnomish little friends, I leave you with a final gnome! Tom
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08-19-2012, 10:53 PM #5Senior Member
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I find that rather ignome-miniuos of you Tom. For shame!
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08-19-2012, 11:03 PM #6Senior Member
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Your number one Neil Originally Posted by Neil Miller
I got a million of them
Gnones that is.
Ha!!!Last edited by Tarkus; 08-19-2012 at 11:16 PM.
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09-13-2012, 02:50 PM #7Razor Vulture
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I want to dredge this thread up to share what I have learned about the "gnomestone"!
After doing this 4 times and determining it was no fluke, I took a razor directly off of the DMT and onto this rock.
It had hairs popping bigtime in about 1/3 the time my Norton 1000 would have taken. I have gone from it to the 4/8 and on to a 12k Naniwa with perfect results. My latest go was an all natural effort. I went from the DMT to the Gnomestone with a little pressure and water only for 100 and it was popping hairs. I then went very lightly on it for another 100 with lots of clear water. Directly to an Escher with slurry for 100, thinning every 25, the last 25 clear water.
Stropped and shaved this morning. Awesome edge! Smooth and comfortable. Was in a rush to get out and forgot the AS!
No irritation whatsoever. While certainly not a finisher, the Gnomestone has some apparant mystical powers!
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