Thread: Hone of the Day

You have me curious Mike! I have a dark blue thuringerian that's a little harder than the Blue/Green Escher that I use. Did you raise the slurry with the rubbing stone or diamond card? I still bet it's a thuringian though, great finishers!

What a great day

Colorado Chili Verde to fill my belly
Snow falling outside
Fire going in the Woodstove

Finishing up the day of Honing with 2 American steel beauties saved them for last

A Kinfolks Blue Steel and a restored Novelty Cutlery

Love the pairing of American steel and a full Shapton GS progression, Wicked Sharp and Silky Smooth







Stay Honing my Friends !!!

Originally Posted by shooter74743

You have me curious Mike! I have a dark blue thuringerian that's a little harder than the Blue/Green Escher that I use. Did you raise the slurry with the rubbing stone or diamond card? I still bet it's a thuringian though, great finishers!

The small stone, that is in the pic sitting on the end of the stone in question.

The slurry comes up a dull white, almost grey
The slurry stone is a Thurigan, so your probably right.

Forgot to post this pic from Fri and the razor is just to pretty not to

Japanese Manaslu - By Nichiri M500

The bevel needed some slight pushes to even up went Chosera 1-5-10

Finished on the Nakayama gave a beautiful haze finish, continued on as the slurry dried and got the very fin polished a touch higher




Stay Honing my Friends !!!

Originally Posted by MODINE

A NOS vintage Wonderedge never seen the hones, bevel set on Ol' Sloppy, no tape Mike

I just come over here mainly to look at rocks.
Your lineup of stones makes me realize why: To a nimrod, it looks like you are progressing through 4 finishers.

Isnt that the mighty Nakyama Midori - i like this stone a lot Iromono Tomo nagura ????

Got six done on my Naniwas in this session.


1. Morris Red Imp wedge. This razor was my first restoration. It was also one of my first attempts at honing and it hasn't seen a hone since. Kinda funny to look at it under a loupe.

2. Wostenholm IXL faux frameback. I'm expecting greatness

3. Hoffritz 1/4 hollow. This one should be good too.

4. JA Henckels 4/8. I'm not too big on smaller blades like this. There's jus not enough weight there. This thing was ground perfectly though. A pleasure to hone.

5. J. Stoll solingen "HARMONIE". Another little guy. Honing for someone else.

6. Sanssouci looks like a bit over 6/8. Very nice grind on this one. Good weight to it too. This one looks like it'll be a good shaver.

When I first started honing I discovered that CroOx really made a big difference in my routine. I just kept using it after that because it "improved my edges". For the last couple of weeks I've been stropping on CroOx midway through my test shaves and discovered that it's actually having a negative affect(IMO). Looking at my old edge on the Red Imp it was clear to see that it was smoothing out my not so great bevels when I was new to honing. Now that I have much more experience I don't see much need to continue using it.

I've come to the same conclusion with cr/ox, only use it on a harsh feeling edge.

But I think the Henckels will surprise you, even though it light.

Originally Posted by outback

I've come to the same conclusion with cr/ox, only use it on a harsh feeling edge.

But I think the Henckels will surprise you, even though it light.

+1 to Outback, when I had lesser honing skills CrOx was my cheater way to sharp.
Many razors and countless hours later, I dont touch the stuff.
Well If I do use it, then the razor was better than me.
Utopian, SRP and microscope class changed all that.

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Isnt that the mighty Nakyama Midori - i like this stone a lot Iromono Tomo nagura ????

Mine ???

Yes it is a Nakayama Midori

it has some other high faluting names too I have then all on the label on the bottom

Tomoe' Najishi or some such stuff...

To be perfectly honest I just call it "Da Baby"