Thread: Slurry! Yes or No ?

Originally Posted by Welshcitydragon

Ok I think some of you read it wrong, I know you Slurry on the first stages of honing, But if you see what i wrote I was asking about the last, which would be on a 12,000 or higher stone. I didnt think you use slurry on the last stone 12,000 ,but I wanted to be 100% sure.

On all finishers I use I start with slurry and dilute to water, so slurry yes and no at the same time.

Originally Posted by mainaman

On all finishers I use I start with slurry and dilute to water, so slurry yes and no at the same time.

On Most Finishers I use I start with a light slurry to train the edge to the stone then dilute out to clear water, so pretty much the same here..

@WCD, I use my WHIGs the same way very light slurry about 20 Pigtail laps with that slurry then dilute out to clear water with X strokes that get lighter and lighter until I have clear water.. But I would never call them 12k stones and I would never use "Oil" on them other then "Smith's honing solution"



Just to be very technical, which we are kinda doing here

Stones and the slurry they produce are quite different, there really is no one size fits all..

Finishers with light slurry to water has nothing to do with the dulicot or unicot method of honing, that method was introduced in 2009 the slurry to water techinique has been around since the stones were used..

Not all slurry is a "cutting" slurry

Now that glen has spoken and corrected all our misconceptions, we can all shut up!

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Now that glen has spoken and corrected all our misconceptions, we can all shut up!

Or you could wait until Lynn jumps in and says he doesn't hardly use slurry at all

There is no real rule, hence the term YMMV

Glen, I guess when it comes down to it, we all have different beards and different skin and different steel. Once you figure out a combination that is comfortable, usually through trial and error, you should go with that! Then buy an ebay special and practice with new methods that intrigue you; you never know when you'll find something you like better. In the past I have found myself, and still find others, asking for the 'answer' to their questions. There really is NO magical razor used on a magical finisher with a magical technique that will work magic for everybody!

Originally Posted by brooksie967

I guess when it comes down to it, we all have different beards and different skin and different steel. Once you figure out a combination that is comfortable, usually through trial and error, you should go with that! There really is NO magical razor used on a magical finisher with a magical technique that will work magic for everybody!

Hmmmmm I think perhaps I have read that in the past

Chinese 12k with slurry works much faster than on water and the result is almost the same in shaving quality. But as some of the guys said, different stones produce different slurries...

On the water stones like the Norton, Naniwa Super Stone, Shapton Glass or even Naniwa Chosera which come with slurry stones, I have not found any benefit in either time or effectiveness from using or generating a slurry when honing on these including the their finishing stones. As far as Natural stones, that is another question and for me, it really depends on the stones. I get pretty good results on the Coticule and the LM and sometimes on a couple of my Japanese naturals going from light slurry to water when finishing. On my Escher and Charnley, I just use water on the Escher and oil on the Charnley. When using the one stone method on the Naturals, I can use either a DMT, generic nagura or the 3 set japanese naguras to build a heavy slurry and then dilute along the process to water eventually.

I think you really have to play around with this whole theme though and determine what works best for you which has pretty much been said by a few here already.

Have fun.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Or you could wait until Lynn jumps in and says he doesn't hardly use slurry at all

There is no real rule, hence the term YMMV

Just to clarify. You use WD40 on the hone and asking about use of slurry? As a lot of people answerred the question in diferent situation- use of water I am wondering. How would you guys dilute the slurry to the clean- no slurry finish? bMore WD 40?

Originally Posted by adrspach

Just to clarify. You use WD40 on the hone and asking about use of slurry? As a lot of people answerred the question in diferent situation- use of water I am wondering. How would you guys dilute the slurry to the clean- no slurry finish? bMore WD 40?

how about olive oil?