Thread: Hone of the Day

Irokarasu Orihi

Razor: Erusta
4-Stone Progression:
Bevel Set: Chosera 1K with light DN slurry
Mid-Work: Shapton 4/8K Glass
Finisher: Narutaki Asagi with double tomo slurry
Strop: Kanayama 30

I picked this Saito 135 Kikuboshi to learn the rolling x stroke. It was honed unevenly as you can see on the spine wear. There were some rust spots on the edge. Honed on chosera 1K, taped, with jointing x2. Bevel is clean and it cuts hair toe to heel
Lesson of the day, I need two hands to do a nice rolling x.

Originally Posted by alex1921

I picked this Saito 135 Kikuboshi to learn the rolling x stroke. It was honed unevenly as you can see on the spine wear. There were some rust spots on the edge. Honed on chosera 1K, taped, with jointing x2. Bevel is clean and it cuts hair toe to heel
Lesson of the day, I need two hands to do a nice rolling x.

Yoy might try it with hone in hand.
Rotate the hone, during the stroke.

Well. I guess its still two hands.[emoji56]

Originally Posted by outback

Yoy might try it with hone in hand.
Rotate the hone, during the stroke.

Well. I guess its still two hands.[emoji56]

I will. I am hand honing more and more lately.
Thx

Originally Posted by outback

Yoy might try it with hone in hand.
Rotate the hone, during the stroke.

Well. I guess its still two hands.[emoji56]

Yup...hanheld honing is the best way to go with rolling x strokes.
The stone hand can compensate for the lack of yoint range of motion of the razor hand...it does take lots of practice and ot one but two steady hands) but if you master it you'll never be affrayd to hine a smiling blade ever again.

Oh...and short tip...Always have a mat under your feet when handheld hining))

There's only one thing better than a NOS Coral...

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by outback

Yoy might try it with hone in hand.
Rotate the hone, during the stroke.

Well. I guess its still two hands.[emoji56]

+ 1 on this ^^^^ Hone in hand helps me control pressure also, feedback from both the hone and the blade

Originally Posted by rideon66

Irokarasu Orihi

Curious to know about honing the Orihi. Could you please tell us more?

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Curious to know about honing the Orihi. Could you please tell us more?

Just like honing any Kamisori. I am not a stickler for how many times per side. I usually start with 10:1 Omote:ura and just as I go bring it closer down till I get to about 3:1 and even 1:1 for last few. These are just really old versions made by old sword smiths I believe. You don't see them too much either. I tried to figure out the kanji, but even with the help of the masters here didn't get to much. Could be old out dated kanji. Best info on these comes from Fikira on here. Here is a post and part way down a link to his page with more info on these. http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-kamisori.html