Thread: Hone of the Day

I have a small black Arkansas, I think it's about 6 x 2. It's just a pup compared to Steel's beautiful beast up there ^^^. I really enjoy it and have been spending some quality time learning it's secrets over the last few months with some great coaching from Steel. (But lately I have a yellow/green thuringian that's been holding my attention.) One thing I noticed is that after really studying the novaculite stones, practicing a lot, is my sense of pressure improved. And that improvement is definitely transferable to other types of hones.

Last night I got to a W&B Special, this blade had/has a bit of a wonky bevel. I'm ok with it, plus the edge had a slight smile so I left all alone. Honed this with out tape as I normally do. Started with tape and it made a micro bevel which was noticeable, I didn't like it so went bare.
Stones, 2k, 5k, 8k, Kuromaku and 12k Nani SS.

A nice vintage GENCO bevel set on Chosera 1K switch to natural approx 3-4K grit then to vintage coticule.


Progress to a much finer AND much slower, man made vintage coticule with soapy water.


Final finish on vintage Y/G thuri with bark on the backside. Slurry raised w/ Y/G rubber stone. Great little shavers with good steel. Have a nice day!
Mike

Just honed up my favourite shaver. W&B Brass Frameback.

The lack of heel makes it awkward to hone but I enjoy awkward .

1k then a full progression with no dilutions.

The edges I get from this little blade are breath taking ..

Cheers guys ..

Testing out new tomo. Wanted to try tomo but harder than my other(other tomo decently soft but very nice finish). This tomo is ozuku and feels a bit softer than my oozuku which I am happy with (didn't want it to be harder). Razor is a Le Grelot with hardly any hone wear, probably getting it rescaled with something nice later on. Looks like tomo might have scratched base stone, so I rounded the corners on it. Will test it some more, I think it is soft enough it shouldn't scratch stone if I am careful with pressure.

JG Parker, this is by far the easiest near wedge I have honed to date. 1k through 8k kuromaku 12k naniwa ss. Took a wonderful edge and can't wait for test shave tomorrow.

American steel and 4/8 Norton tonite. Nice, gentle pyramid.

That went easy! Love the ones in fine condition.

Off to the wet wonder. 12k Naniwa...

It's SO exciting around here..

Well, That did not take long. The Wester began to back-up in about 6 strokes.
Went 30 on the Red Dog.

It will likely be a waste of time, but I have never used this Dark Blue Escher since I obtained it from Geezer. Curiously, this slurry stone I swapped Jimmyhad out of (somehow) works great with it.

Is it me, or are thurrys picky about their slurry-stone partners?
We may never know.

Anyway, it seems to me that the dark Blue is not as fine as the Blue-green. I sortof wonder if it improved my 12k or not.
A few strokes did not feel right, flushed all the slurry off.
Still not what I wanted, so I quit.
Perhaps I should flatten it.







Now to go to the stropping subforum!


Hey, Hirau!

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