Thread: Chromium oxide ?????

Take a razor and hone it on 6K then mark the blade at the half way point with a sharpie on both sides. Now hone the toe half, with the next stone in your progression without any slurry, keeping the middle mark on the edge of the stone, the heel end hanging off the stone.

Now you have something to compare it to, look at the bevel at the marks and see if your DT leaves finer stria than you 6K.

You will not be able to determine what the grit range is, but you can tell if it is finer and you are going in the right direction.

Do the same with the DT and Purple stone.

What matters with a Natural stone is not just how smooth the bevel is, but what is the particle size and consistency. It can produce a very fine stria and a smooth bevel, but if just one grit plows a grove in your bevel, it may be useless.

In your case it would appear, that you are not removing the 1K stria with the 6K and each stria set with the each of the following progression.

Spend enough time on each stone to remove the previous stones stria. No matter the hone, you have to learn each stone and squeeze out the maximum performance from each one, beginning with the 1K.

Hone on you finishing stone without slurry and add slurry only after you have learned what your stones are capable of.

Slurry is a whole other art form and at this stage in you learning will just complicate your results.

Until you properly hone the bevels, it does not matter the brand or quality of the Chrome Oxide. It is just paste, not Magic Dust.