Thread: Welsh Stones

Hello All,

I was just curious as to what people's opinions are of the Welsh stones being sold on Ebay. I currently have a "Welsh Thuringian" (I know that's not the proper name, but that's what people seem to like to call it! ) that I occasionally use for finishing after my Coticule and it works really well as a finsher.

Now being the "Hone AD-ridden" person that I am, I was looking at acquiring the other two stones that go with the set. These would be the Llyn Melynllyn & Dragon's Toungue stones. Does anyone have experience with using all three as sort of a "progression"? (starting with the DT, moving onto the Llyn & finally the Welsh Thuri). How does the edge compare to, say, a coticule edge? Or a Naniwa SS progression edge?

Any opinions (positive or negative) are welcome!!

I think I kinda just answered my own question by searching!!

Still though, any opinions on doing a 3-stone "progression" are welcome!!

There's a huge thread on these Welsh slate sets here.

I have a Llyn Melynllyn and I use it between a 6k and a 12k - seems good to me but I'm not a very experienced honer.

I have the purple one and had the black one people refer to as the WT. My purple hone is finer than my black one was. A skilled honer could get a razor sharp with either one, but all of them, to me, are more coarse than my very fine hones (the high dollar types).

I finish on my Lynn and find it a very satisfying shave.

I have a set of them and I'm well satisfied with them my search for a Escher/Thuringian is over until the price drops way down. I like the edge it puts on my razors

Originally Posted by jpcwon

I think I kinda just answered my own question by searching!!

Still though, any opinions on doing a 3-stone "progression" are welcome!!

I've done a few with a '3 stone progression' after a Norton 4K and found the edge to be great.

I do about 20 circles and then gradually dilute the slurry to water before moving up to the next hone using pigtail strokes.

It works for me....

I have the 3 stones and find them very capable of giving good edges on razors. I've used them on different steels and have gotten

good results. They are NOT the "sexy stones" that others are, and I don't buy into their "marketing" names, but in the end I find

them to be a very good and inexpensive alternative to jnats and others. For the record, I do have some of the other more known

stones and get great edges on those, it's just that I find it exciting to use some of these lesser known "cheap" stones to get good

results. If you have the more traditional finishers, there is no need for these, but if you don't, they are an alternative.

Originally Posted by Havachat45

I've done a few with a '3 stone progression' after a Norton 4K and found the edge to be great.

I do about 20 circles and then gradually dilute the slurry to water before moving up to the next hone using pigtail strokes.

It works for me....

Originally Posted by coachmike

I have the 3 stones and find them very capable of giving good edges on razors. I've used them on different steels and have gotten

good results. They are NOT the "sexy stones" that others are, and I don't buy into their "marketing" names, but in the end I find

them to be a very good and inexpensive alternative to jnats and others. For the record, I do have some of the other more known

stones and get great edges on those, it's just that I find it exciting to use some of these lesser known "cheap" stones to get good

results. If you have the more traditional finishers, there is no need for these, but if you don't, they are an alternative.

Those two posts says it for me too...

I bought the 3 stone set on a whim and they happened to be on this side of the Atlantic

They work and they work quite well, just don't buy the hype

Of the three, I have found that the Purple is the one that has produced the better results for me. 15 no pressure X strokes on light slurry followed by 10 no pressure X strokes with just water have finished and refreshed a couple hundred razors with decent results. I still may follow with 4-7 on chromium oxide or .5 diamond on felt with some of the razors though for that little bit better shave.

Have fun.