Thread: Hone of the Day

Never posted here before, so bear with me.
Finished this one the other day, but the edge needed a total overhaul. ( Wonky spine wear, and a light frown ). After lifting the toe and heal on a 600 Nani SS, and setting the bevel on the 1000 Chosera, I wanted to try something different than the typical progression of Nanis'.

"WASHITA"..!!
Dont everybody gasp at once.
But I think its a damn good stone, and with a little advice from Nelson , an excellent stone .
This is the progression I used on the Washita, after bevel set.
Slurried with DMT, Dilluting to water. ( didn't count laps, way too many to bother ) then pure glycerin (this is the tip from Nelson ). This made the Washita act as three different stones.
Slurry: 5000 grt.
Water: 7-8000 grt.
Glycerin: 8- 10000 grt.
These are approximate, looking through a 40x loupe.

Then took it to two Thurigan's, slurried- water. First one was the larger/ softer stone, then the small hard stone.
The larger was slurried w/DMT,
Smaller with slurry Stone.

Then a ton of Russian tanned leather, and a bucket of shell.
The test shave this morning was a dream. I was expecting it might pull a bit, but it was quite smooth, as was my face.

No cuts,weepers, burn, or irritation.
I'm quite happy to find a place for this rock in a progression, and that the heavier grinds like it too.
Funny... Haven't read much about this stone hear, doe's anyone still use them?

Touching up a Torrey and a Wostenholm on a Thuringian.

Originally Posted by outback

"WASHITA"..!!
Haven't read much about this stone hear, doe's anyone still use them?

I'm planning to try. Just got this a few days ago.. Pike/Norton No. 1.

Your post just gave me some ideas.



I want to see how far i can push the edge on the Washita like you did. Then I have a hard arkie and a surgical black to try to finish on.

I just won a bid for under 20 beans on an old Buck 134 Washita. Still trying to find out those are the real thing, or just a really soft ark.

Originally Posted by MW76

I'm planning to try. Just got this a few days ago.. Pike/Norton No. 1.

Your post just gave me some ideas.



I want to see how far i can push the edge on the Washita like you did. Then I have a hard arkie and a surgical black to try to finish on.

I just won a bid for under 20 beans on an old Buck 134 Washita. Still trying to find out those are the real thing, or just a really soft ark.

I had Lynn, and Nelson look at mine during the Ohio meet, and she's true Washita ( hard as a man on his wedding night )
Got it at a junk/antique store. One of those indoor, yard sale type of places.

Was a real PITA to get lapped flat again.
Ate up a few sheets of 220 W/D paper, as we'll as 400 and 600.

Originally Posted by outback

Never posted here before, so bear with me.


I'm quite happy to find a place for this rock in a progression, and that the heavier grinds like it too.
Funny... Haven't read much about this stone hear, doe's anyone still use them?

Why yes Mike I do use my Trans Ark which is Washita-ish for my Dovo. It is a unique unto itself great shave. I use WD/40 for lube, this makes the only oilstone I have, its a keeper for sure. Great post here my friend. Keep them coming.

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

Why yes Mike I do use my Trans Ark which is Washita-ish for my Dovo. It is a unique unto itself great shave. I use WD/40 for lube, this makes the only oilstone I have, its a keeper for sure. Great post here my friend. Keep them coming.

Thanks Johnathan. I've used with oil to water before, but after meeting Nelson and Lynn, they gave me a couple things to try at the meet up. The glycerin is a neat trick on these stones, and pushes it to its limits. Reminds me of years ago, when all I had was a single stone. It was my grandfathers,passed onto my father, then to me. They told me then to oil first, then water. Even though it isn't a razor quality stone, I learned how to tweak it out, then strop with compounds. It was a sufficient edge, but nothing compared to with what I can achieve now with the proper hones.

I just finished up honing a Genco "Fluid Steel" and it was a bit of a success for me so I thought I would share about it here. This was a flea market razor and it had a flea market edge to begin with. I have been learning, practicing and familiarizing myself with several different coticules since the middle of last summer. Here I wanted to just set a bevel with a 1k and then use only the coticule with the "dilucot" method after that.

I've had some success with this method before before but it just felt great to nail it on the first try here. I had a couple days growth so I just did a test shave and it was oh so very nice. Something about just using one little stone to get a great shaving edge is so satisfying. And it had that wonderful coti feel where the edge knows the difference between skin and beard. My 2 cents about coticules is that they are worth every bit of the learning curve.

Vintage natural combo coticule with a "new" slurry stone along side the Genco.