Thread: Hone of the Day

Some light honing to refresh the edge on a few tonight after dinner.
The little eskilstuna took to the CF, The Oxford and Pilot German blades kissed the thuri.
All three were finished on .25 diamond on brushed leather board strop.
Used a Coti for slurry on the Thuri, then worked to dilution.

All came back very nicely.
Cheers.

Anybody hone a Helejestrand made of Stainless??


It getting the better of me. White scaled one.
Chosera1K, Coticle(tried 3 differnt ones). Thuri slurry on the coti made some head way.
Naniwa 5K , Washita Ark White and a Guangxi are incoming.
They are finishers and conventional wisdom says do most of the work at bevel set.
Might break out the Norton1K and spend time there.
Advise welcomed. Hardest steel I have honed.
Not hijacking, pictures of the Washita and Guangi later today.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Alright !! Alright !! I got this now,,, this is a thread just so Glen can show of his hones !!

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

Anybody hone a Helejestrand made of Stainless??


It getting the better of me. White scaled one.
Chosera1K, Naniwa 5K , Guangxi
.
Advise welcomed. Hardest steel I have honed.
Not hijacking,

Advise and ideas are actually not hijacking..

I started this thread not only for pics of Razor and Hones,, as John pointed out we all love those hehehe

But it also becomes a resource of how many people accomplish many things while honing

Now personally I agree with you about the Swedes ig: not just Helgies
I have found them to be rather hard steels and in SS you are adding the abrasion resistance there too..

The Gaungxi or PHIG has become my goto finisher for Swedes over the years,, also I tend to head straight to the Naniwas either the SS or the Chosera/Pro to deal with hard chippy or finicky steels, So IMHO you are heading in the right direction

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Where is your hone, Bill??

Hone-estly Tom, I don't have any more hones to hono-graph. I guess I could go into some other thread and jack some pics of other's hones and say they are mine. Lately I'm liking the boxed vintage hone thread...nifty stuff. And the Jnats are Hone-tastic. I've been thinking of polishing a hickory nut, I guess I could start a thread about that...if it turns out nice. Which is a thread killer BTW, YMMV...har har.

OK, challenged me...here's a box that a hone came in and a tiny wedge razor that came in pink scales...regrettably the scales were damaged. I wonder if this was a ladies razor? I'm kind of attached to this hone.

Oh yeah, and some micromesh sticks. Almost forgot...if I have to do a half gainer with a triple salchow followed by a slider to hone a razor I just get rid of the razor
Hey can we get someone to make up some razor related smilies? This is the only place I use the silly things.

Ok guys, you are very correct Glenn.
It took the Ole Norton 1K ,Both sides of the combo Coti, and a e bay blessing in the form of a Washita White that well is a good one.
My Guangxi is included.
Pictures tell what thats going to take to square up.
Lastly layers of tape and how much wear they went through to get this razor into fighting condition.

A "Paddle of Ducks"

I simply love honing Dubl Ducks, they are so straight forward and take these awesome edges so easily

Chosera 1-5-10 finished on a Blue/Green Escher starting after the 10k with a light slurry and diluted as I went but still leaving a touch of slurry for the final laps





I wish the others today were as easy

Choser1k. Set the bevels on these 3 (Bengall cast steel, Bengall imperial with double sided etching and Wade and Butcher) and started a 4th but needs work as was hitting the stabalizer. These have been waiting a while and it feels good to finally make a start. Only 3 more to go now.

Touched up my Cape 2000 on a Nakayama karasu.

WW243, this razor also had pink scales from light exposure, two tone Pepto Bismol pink in fact. It had probably been put back in a coffin with the end cap missing at some point and continued to get "pinker" on the exposed end. Re-scaled in beautiful honey horn by Alfredo Gil. The razor is a daily driver, the blade has some pits here and there but shaves really well and is one of my favorite everyday razors.

Cheers, Steve

On hard, chippy razors, I have had good luck by jointing/killing the edge lightly on the corner of the next stone in the progression, then stropping on a Sailcloth Poly Canvas chrome oxide strop,10-15 laps to remove any micro burrs on the corner of the jointed edge, then moving up to the next grit stone and re-set the edge.

I usually do this on the 8 & 12k but sometimes after the 1k for real hard steel so I am building a straight edge from the beginning and not giving it a chance to chip. I expect any Chrome Oxide strop will work or even a good linen.

My theory is with chip prone razors, the straighter I can make the edge before starting on a higher grit the less chance of a micro-chip left over from the Jointing, to continue to chip. So the edge is straight and smooth, and the new stone is cutting evenly across the edge, the bevels meet quickly once they are flat.