Thread: Honing on a slurry stone? Anyone tried it?

Belgian Coticule's come with slurry stones. I was just wondering has anyone ever tried to hone their razor purely on the slurry stone. Thoughts and comments?

Scott

Yes, it does work. But...it is not worth the trouble. Honing works fastest with the most grit passing under the blade per stroke.
~Richard

Sure, if the slurry stone is big enough. A 2 or 3 inch slurry is cool. A friend of mine would do circles with a 1" stone, moving up and down the blade. It isn't ideal, but it is doable IME.

I thought about it last night while I was honing on my coticule. I'm glad someone else had that idea. Was starting to feel a little remedial.

Of course. A slurry stone is a coticule. Is it practical ? Not really. Except for warped blades, which personally I like to hone on very small hones.

I've seen Bart from coticule.be hone a large W&B razor on a piece that many would consider a slurry stone (something like 10cm to 1-2cm or so.

My old coticules, both coming from shaving kits, are narrow and short (15cm to 2.5/3.6 cm). In fact, all of my coticules would be considered slurry stones by some members

Yes I do. I have a larger La Veinette slurry bout that I use as a travel hone.

As has been said, of course it's possible. It's not practical, but doable. And good practice.
I have 1.5x10cm coticule and I thoroughly enjoy using it, I have used it many times for full honings with no real issues. You get used to the size.

Slurry stones can be very useful in honing warped blades. Reaching the toe and heel separately but I have never used JUST a slurry stone for honing. Just in conjunction with a full hone.

Sure. Most slurry stones are sort of square and consequently what Richard says about grit under the stone holds true. But I have honed on stones as small as 1"x4", a stone I also use as a slurry stone. Some shapes you'll be limited to mostly circles/ellipses in order to get the that grit under the. edge.

Cheers, Steve