Thread: Hone of the Day

Very cool-love the lines on that Weiss too!

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

My latest Ern Ator needed a touch-up; it just wasn't up to par with my other Ators, which don't even feel like you're shaving until you're done and BBS smooth! So I got inspired when I found my multi-colored Norton Trans Ark buried in my sock drawer; I spent months looking for the damn thing! Anyway, I took it through my usual dry/running water/water with dish soap/WD-40 progression, and it's tree-topping arm-hairs smoothly-we'll see how it shaves.
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What a beautiful stone. It reminds me of a Great Lakes agate.

Originally Posted by caccia

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Someone spent some time making this box for my favorite natural combo.A brass hinged,velvet lined,dovetailed mahogany beauty.Stone is 9x2-1/8, razor is German made for Ernst Forst and a great shaver.

Wow beautiful Stone!!!!! Does it hone as good as it looks?????

Matt....

A couple of Sheffields. Thinking they were high-angle honed or something. Bevels not nearly meeting.
The Rodgers heavy wedge took forever on the 1k Chosera. 1 layer of tape and lots of work left me a long way to the edge, so that layer was worn down thin and then another on top. After another pile of work, half of the edge was meeting, so a third layer on top of the 2 worn-out ones. Wore that one down getting a tpt to pass, so went out and lapped the hone again and kept things there until hairs were popping.
Pretty much the same experience on the Wade and Butcher rattler. Only 2 worn layers for it.
Several progressive bevels there, but was necessary to get a reasonable bevel.
I expect 50 laps each on the Naniwa 1k smoothed things out.

On to the Norton. I have avoided pains like this for a long time...

Originally Posted by Gasman

Yep. Good looking stone you got there. Now dont hide it in the sock drawer again!

I have learned through wasting a lot of time don't hide something and rely on memory. Have a place for everything you have and putit
back in that place after use. You will save a lot of frustration.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

A couple of Sheffields. Thinking they were high-angle honed or something. Bevels not nearly meeting.
The Rodgers heavy wedge took forever on the 1k Chosera. 1 layer of tape and lots of work left me a long way to the edge, so that layer was worn down thin and then another on top. After another pile of work, half of the edge was meeting, so a third layer on top of the 2 worn-out ones. Wore that one down getting a tpt to pass, so went out and lapped the hone again and kept things there until hairs were popping.
Pretty much the same experience on the Wade and Butcher rattler. Only 2 worn layers for it.
Several progressive bevels there, but was necessary to get a reasonable bevel.
I expect 50 laps each on the Naniwa 1k smoothed things out.

On to the Norton. I have avoided pains like this for a long time...

Tom-I'm impressed by the relatively thin, even bevels you managed to put on those beasts! I've got a couple of similar problem-child Sheffields I'm hoping to get to over the Christmas break, both with wonky spine/bevel planes. Those are never my favorite honing jobs, but they're the ones where we learn the most on, no?

Originally Posted by mlvallance

Wow beautiful Stone!!!!! Does it hone as good as it looks?????

Matt....

Yes for sure,I am never let down using it and gives me the sweet spot of both smooth and sharp.Someone liked it enough to build it a nice home through the decades.Thanks.

Been waiting for a Bengall in good shape for a fair price.
Took a bit of patience. Glad I waited. This one is a right nice piece of kit.
Sheffield steel seems to like the Arkie.
Hope everyone has a good holiday season.
Ken

Nice one, Ken!

New to me Heljestrand honed with coticule combo and stropped on Bison shell.Ivory looks stained but also like it grew there?Used a well worn DMT1200 first,then coticule,strop,thats it.