Thread: Hone of the Day

Wow... what type of scope?

Regards

Kaptain "Jealous" Zero

It's a "Celestron Digital Microscope Pro" but it's modified from stock for higher magnification. To get good shots like this, lighting is absolutely key though. It does take a little fiddling about to get a good focus as well - most of the time I use focus stacking (multiple exposures with slightly differing focus and stacked in software so the multiple images are aligned and the composite image is composed of only the in-focus areas. Each photo takes a little while, in other words, lol.

Well I woke up to 12 inches of snow this morning. Can't think of anything better than getting a lot of honing knocked out. Some just need touch ups, others the full gammit. Starting on the right:

2 crown and swords
Super kikubushi
Kropp
Claus
D peres
Wostenholm pipe
Wade and butcher, the celebrated extra hallow ground

The two on the far left aren't out for honing. I bit off more than I can chew with wanting to repair the MOP on that wade and butcher fine India steel. And the EPBD is headed for the classifieds.



Why do some pictures auto rotate, and others dont. It makes no sense, the IT guys should fix that!

I forgot to put the hones in, not sure which road I want to go down yet. Some jnats, a thuri, and coti. Might mix and match but the jnat on the far left has mystical honing powers.

Does the G20K do that on other steels?

Cheers, Steve

A gloomy day of freezing drizzle hear in Ohio. Finished pinning a restore this morning and realized I had a stack of full gaumet honing to do. Figure this to be a good day to get caught up, before I start on the next restore.
All will be honed on a progression of Nani's 1000-12000 and finished on a Thuri.
A few will have to start on the 800 Nani since they were chipped or had frowns and had to be reshaped.
I like to use the 800 to rough in the edge, then set the bevel with the Chosera.
(Saves me time, and wear on my hands. Neck injury left me with a numb index finger on my dominate hand).
Here's what we got to hone.
Left-Right:
Buck Bros. 5/8
Wester Bros., De-Fi 5/8
F. Koeller & Co., Staysharp 5/8
Shumates, Peacemaker 5/8
Krusius Bro., Demon 5/8
Marples, Sheffield 6/8

Outback and Prodigy,

I'm envious, most of my stuff is honed up and I have a couple waiting to try out an 8k Shapton Glass High Carbon due to arrive tomorrow. It's wet and slushy here in Knoxville, and friends report bad roads outside the city, and the city is usually 5-7 degrees warmer due to the surrounding ridges.

But I did hone up a Dovo Bergischer Lowe, the old heavy grind shorty, and have a couple of Gold Dollar test razors up to test some Mikawa naguras. Both razors are equally ugly, and honed to the same even HHT on a Shapton Pro 5k and ready for testing the Mikawa nagura.

Cheers, Steve

Envious.....!! [emoji15]
I do enjoy the zen of honing, but its the most tedious and time consuming part of a total restore job for some razors. But what good is restoring it, if it wont shave.

Mike

Originally Posted by outback

Envious.....!! [emoji15]
I do enjoy the zen of honing, but its the most tedious and time consuming part of a total restore job for some razors. But what good is restoring it, if it wont shave.

Mike

I know what you mean! I have several razors that have been in on several honing sessions. ive learned that rather than spending an absurd amount of time getting frustrated with them when they wont set a bevel, i just put it aside until the next session. This is only good when its one of my razors and there is no rush on getting it done. It has worked nicely for me, most stubborn razors get a good edge after a few different sessions on the hones.

I don't have trouble setting bevels anymore, but occasionally I do have problems getting the finished edge I want, some razors just don't want to cooperate. I may post another thread on this...

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve56

Does the G20K do that on other steels?

Cheers, Steve

Steve, if you're asking me (I think so), nope, haven't noticed it on any other carbon steel razors, just the HSS. I don't have any other outlandish steels in my collection though - some of the other more modern alloys that contain a lot of carbide forming alloys might do something similar.