Thread: Hone of the Day

Yeh. I have a smaller one with 'Fratelli' scratched into it's side. Wish it was twice as big, though!
I will be posting it here soon!

Not exactly honing, but maybe something related that many of us Jnat folks are familiar with ...

I'm "resurfacing" my Shigefusa kitaej to try and remove burnish streaks from the saya . I used a small piece of koma, plus kiita and sword-grade uchigumori finger stones. Almost there! I may have to go one step back to mejiro or something similar. I also used a small worn Atoma plate to help generate the slurry.

But this is a knife that gets used, so maybe I'm done?

Cheers, Steve

These two came out of the shop today

Honey Horn Jospeh Elliot - Translucent Horn Wade& Butcher

Way beyond "Honing" these are complete restores started on the Chosera 1k to the Chosera 5k then went back to the old way of using the BBW and a Coticule in a progression and using slurry on both.. working to some super smooth Sheffield edges




Thank god the others today were much easier to hone hehehe

Originally Posted by gssixgun

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Thank god the others today were much easier to hone hehehe

I sure hope yer referring to MY razors?!?!?

Regards,

Kaptain "Just kidding, Glen" Zero

Glen, do you know if Glen is coming back on The Walking Dead?

Originally Posted by WW243

Glen, do you know if Glen is coming back on The Walking Dead?

He will be along as soon as he gets a few Reynolds wedges shaving!

Originally Posted by WW243

Glen, do you know if Glen is coming back on The Walking Dead?

Helllllllooooooo Spoiler Alert


I haven't watched this season yet been saving them up for a TWD marathon

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Helllllllooooooo Spoiler Alert


I haven't watched this season yet been saving them up for a TWD marathon

He went out for a six pack...I kind of like binge watching series...sometimes I have to do it when SWMBO goes out of town

Glen thanks for setting up this thread. Dangerous eye candy on display here.
Here's what I did this morning - practiced some bevel setting on the ERN Ator and Kikuokan, professional 1K stone. I am currently using the wet TNT and tomato test to define when I finish - its a newbie getting to know the feel of a set bevel at the moment. Then did x strokes on 5K superstone, then went to my Nakayama Asagi on slurry diluting down every 20 strokes or so, then cleaned up the JNAT and did some strokes in the hand with clear water only.

The Kikuokan I have a good feeling about, the Ator...we will see.

Just a trouble shooting question here for you guys, I noticed this morning that when I circle stroke my muscles tend to like going the same way in both directions ie clockwise circles going up and down the hone. Is that an issue? I hadn't really thought about it before, and so did all of my bevel set with x strokes this morning which took longer!

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Just a trouble shooting question here for you guys, I noticed this morning that when I circle stroke my muscles tend to like going the same way in both directions ie clockwise circles going up and down the hone. Is that an issue? I hadn't really thought about it before, and so did all of my bevel set with x strokes this morning which took longer!

I had the same problem with circle direction.
I firstly stopped and slowed down and did circles in the correct direction.
Then science took over, Metal doesn't know what direction it is sharpened in. Scratch patterns are obliterated as far as I can see after circles. Especially on natural's, .
As a chef I used an Arkansas Black. Dipped it in water and ran it along the bevel up and down . I wore a grove in the hone. My knife was always sharp. I find keeping my circle count accurate bilaterally most important, followed by joining the edges.
Test my hypothesis by doing circles in the same direction , followed by 15 x strokes. Use your current tests to prove or disprove my findings and please share.