Thread: Hone of the Day

There you go, nice stones all. Here is an unknown innocuous looking gray Japanese natural. If one were to use or need only one stone, this stone could do much work.


Coloration can be an indicator to mine location if that is important to you. I like to know the neat names and funky places too.


Start with a heavy slurry watered down to finish. I argued with Randy "randydance" and Stefan "mainaman" using circles to finish the edge. It can be done but great care must be taken. A topic for a thread of it's own. Final finish with the x-stroke


Shave tests WTG & ATG positive. About as many as you would care to test in a sitting, still finishing the shave with your own blade. Mike

Modine, what are you using to make your slurry , Nagura?
Thanks for the heads up on #44 hone.
I am bookmarking that one, my fingerwidth one works , but always looking for one in the wild. Great tip.

Most of the time a depleted DMT 600. It does not release any stray diamond or contaminate a stone. Of coarse you leave the used slurry to dry, don't you?


Just spray and go to create a little more slurry and keep the stone flat too.


Let the slurry dry in place when done, especially on work stones. No reason to waste the "precious" slurry.

Giving a little Nakayama love to a new TI from AOS yesterday

I love the edge on these after a full Chosera progression 1-5-10 then finishing on the Jnat and yes you leave the old slurry to dry





Hone On !!!

I love this thread Guys , its a pleasure to see such experienced honers , showing good stones

Originally Posted by RusenBG

I love this thread Guys , its a pleasure to see such experienced honers , showing good stones

I agree. Love seeing all the stones. Blades too....

I usually do not leave my slurry because I hone in my kitchen and the slurry can become contaminated with fibers from kitchen towels, paper towels, me, cooking 'stuff' from the air, etc. However when using a particularly good and thin stone, I use the slurry to touch up several razors before rinsing it.

But recently I purchased a really good and not too thick jnat for which the previous owner had crafted a wooden cover, what a great idea! The wood cover can allow the stone and base to dry, and it has 'vents' or high/low areas along the bottom ends so it does not 'seal' along the base and allows air to circulate.

Cheers, Steve

Nice indeed. When does a chip become a chunk? Steel needs to be removed to reform the edge on a French Vichy frameback. Chosera 600 and one layer of tape on the spine.


Reset bevel at 1K no tape. Ligther fluid "naptha or mineral spirirts" works well to remove all tape residue.


Progress to a unknown natural, not slate which replaces my Norton 4K.


Refine on a layered coticule with no backing. Replaces my Norton 8K. A few more mid level finishers to refine some more and then...


Final finish on black Thuringian with oil. A happy edge, enjoy. MIke

One easy one hard

Just finished up some light restoring and scale work on two "Novelty Cutlery Co" razors

Talk about two totally different experiences on the hones

The one on the bottom honed up sweet as could be
The one on the top took some serious Edge Restoration to get it even and moving on the the bevel set



Both went Chosera 1-5-10 to the Zulu Grey pictured for honing
The top one required some DMT 325 work first at about 22° with the spine off the plate like a knife to grind out all the bad steel
Then removed the burr and went 3 layers of tape on the 325 to even it all up, again killed the edge before I went to the Chosera 1k with 2 layers of tape ... Finally killed the edge for the last time and went 1 layer of tape and standard bevel setting on the Chosera 1k


After the Chosera and 2 layers of tape




Success feels better after a battle

Hone On !!!

Sitting down with a pipe of "Fillmore" and coffee I started honing a Holley 5/8 half hollow. Since there was corrosion on the edge I started with a Washita that I raised a slurry on and left on. Literally within a few minutes I was down to good steel and a bevel set. Going to the Washita without slurry I joined the edge and reset it and then progressed soft>hard>black surgical. My black surgical is purposely left unburnished I finish on a translucent that is like glass. The whole process was around 25 minutes. No records but not bad for an all natural progression. Straight to linen and shell and I had a beautiful, beautiful shave! Effortless with no irritation. Gotta love an all American line up. God Bless America! Happy Saturday to everyone.

THE PICTURES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP.