Thread: Hone of the Day

Todays hone... 1884 Hunter & Sons wedge, King 1K, coticule, "Celebrated water razor hone"...

Pike/Norton No. 1 Quality Washita
Black Arkansas

That is quite a slab of Black Arkansas you have there, Steel. Goodness!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

That is quite a slab of Black Arkansas you have there, Steel. Goodness!

My pride & joy! Would you believe I hand hone with that slab?

I honed up my new Henckels yesterday, Chosera 1k then Superstones, 2k, 5k and 10k. The 10k is my benchmark hone, every new razor gets tested at this to see what its capable of. I could shave off the 10k forever but wheres the fun in that!?
So today onto a Nakayama Maruichi kamisori Asagi, just been trying water only finishing on this bad boy and I have to say I am very impressed, im going to do 10 more laps on it every night to see if more laps equals better egde.

Here was what I did on this grey cold NYC day.

I pulled out the Pike Reversible Oilstone box which has two lids (one each side) that open to two different stones. A Lily White and an India. I used the Washita and the black Arkansas to hone this long neglected razor.

The edges are simply perfect off these stones. Very happy.

Originally Posted by Steel

I pulled out the Pike Reversible Oilstone box which has two lids (one each side) that open to two different stones. A Lily White and an India. I used the Washita and the black Arkansas to hone this long neglected razor.

The edges are simply perfect off these stones. Very happy.

So the Washita is actually an Arkansas stone too? You use the white then finish on the black? What Stine's did you use before those?
Bought a grey transluscent Arkansas at the Blade Show, so I'm wondering how I would incorporate into a honing progression.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Steel

My pride & joy! Would you believe I hand hone with that slab?

I wouldn't have it any other way.
Needs ta find a black, myself.

Originally Posted by JP5

So the Washita is actually an Arkansas stone too? You use the white then finish on the black? What Stine's did you use before those?
Bought a grey transluscent Arkansas at the Blade Show, so I'm wondering how I would incorporate into a honing progression.

Thanks

They actually classify them as separate categories of stones but they are both Novaculite. The Washita has a more open structure making it less dense (faster cutting) and the higher quality ones (Norton/Pike) are consistent in the spacing of the pores with Lily White and a few others being the most consistent. I used only these two stones. The black Arkansas is my finisher.

Your grey Translucent is more than likely a finisher and the more “burnished” it is the finer the edge it will leave. There are many threads on burnishing these stones OR you can just let them burnish naturally through use.