Thread: Hone of the Day

Wow i wish i found this thread soon. Looks like this is where the fun is.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Finished up some Japanese blades on some jnats.
A couple Saito creations, the SK3 and the Gloria, a Trade Mark, and a folding kami 'Hatori Deluxe' that seems to be made of very hard steel..
And also put my Riga to the Escher to clean up the edge a skosh.
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Some very sharp edges, and a nice way to finish a long weekend.
Cheers men.

am i the only one who cant decide which i want more - the razors or the stones?

Not shown in the photo Shapton Pro 5k and 8k
Nakayama koppa, worn dmt 325 slurry diluted until a few water only passes
Happy honing!

Eric

Wakasa bench size Japanese natural stone used to final polish this 7/8 Hart steel square point razor,



Finished using a slurry from an Atoma 1200, from thicker heavier slurry to light misty super light strokes for a couple of minutes. This Wakasa is a hard stone, but also has fine particles. Not of course a rapid cutter, but it has sufficient abrasives in it's surface to come up with a Kasumi style finish, certainly hazy and not at all reflective, so I'm happy to say that it did much more than burnish the razor. Using light strokes for a good 20 minutes, the slurry rode way up onto this half hollow blade.

Got these all finished. Ready for a test shave in the morning. If I can come up with enough whiskers.

Nothing to drool over. Im test a new hone that will eventually be for my tools. But i wanted to see if this could be an affordable option for people on a fixed budget or unsure if they even want to hone. Went from 1k shapton to the test hone bluesun 3k 8k then PHIG.

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I honed a Northfield that I just finished cleaning up a bit. It needed a new bevel and the whole works. I went with two layers of tape and used synthetics for part of the progression, then to a coticule. I used a King 1K, Shapton pro 2K, Norton 4K, and a King 6K. After that I went the rest of the way with this coticule. I found it a while back in a lot of dirty stones, it was almost entirely black with crud. When cleaning and lapping I found it had a stamp! But, in order to get it flat and usable the stamp was lost to lapping. Here I used slurry and slowly diluted to water. It gives a terrific finished edge.

How were the results from that 3/8k stone nick?

Originally Posted by MikeB52

How were the results from that 3/8k stone nick?

I shaved of the PHIG after the 3/8 and it was a very good comfortable shave. I only did one pass and there are only a couple areas that a 2nd pass would take care of. I have a thread in hones with what i did. I will try a couple other types of razors but this stone seems to be a good choice for someone on a budget.

Originally Posted by sloanwinters

am i the only one who cant decide which i want more - the razors or the stones?

Nope, I'm always jealous of you guys with natural stones. So many I'd like to play with but can't afford. Fun to see though.