Thread: Hone of the Day

I have a purple slate too. It's ok but doesn't come close to being a finisher.
It's a mediocre middle of the road stone.

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by Learner

Hey Victor: how are you doing? I have I have a purplish Welsh slate said to be 12,000 grit - I've never gotten a great edge from it.
















as you said usable but not pleasant.

Originally Posted by petercp4e

I have a purple slate too. It's ok but doesn't come close to being a finisher.
It's a mediocre middle of the road stone.

Pete <:-}

Have either of you tried stropping the blade on the stone a bit, after honing.?

Mike, I've tried that a time or two & it made a difference. A little reverse psychology there..........
Kinda like Glen's 3-2-1 on a Shapton 30k

Outback - I'll give that a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

Midstone on jnat finishing on coticule, thick stone edition

coticule is about 27mm thick and jnat is about 65-68 mm thick

I honed 5 razors, a Twin Duck Special #1, Western States Cutlery, two King razors & a John D. Case. The Case had some tiny gouges in the edge like someone took it & tapped it on a hard corner a couple times. All came out very nice with a thin bevel. I set my bevel with my 1k Chosera, then went to 2k, 3k, 5k & finished on my Snow White. I love that stone. It feels like velvet when honing on it.

Here is a vintage NOS TI Le Scintillant. Unfortunately the etching on the blade had to be removed due to pitting. It is possible that the acid etching process caused the pitting since the other side of the blade was flawless. I'm interested in the performance of the steel and am familiar with this blade.

However the attached partial paperwork came wadded up in the box with the blade. "Hint" Always check for paper work folded up at the bottom of your box. Even if its old newspaper it may have a date or some form of information.

Finish on Salm Coticule.


Final finish on unknown European stone w/ oil.


Certificate probably used to wrap new razor. Ripped and shoved in the bottom of the box to keep razor from rattling back and forth. This razor had never been honed. So who all is checking out their razor boxes now? Mike

[QUOTE=MODINE;1773091]Here is a vintage NOS TI Le Scintillant. Unfortunately the etching on the blade had to be removed due to pitting. It is possible that the acid etching process caused the pitting since the other side of the blade was flawless. I'm interested in the performance of the steel and am familiar with this blade.

However the attached partial paperwork came wadded up in the box with the blade. "Hint" Always check for paper work folded up at the bottom of your box. Even if its old newspaper it may have a date or some form of information.


Certificate probably used to wrap new razor. Ripped and shoved in the bottom of the box to keep razor from rattling back and forth. This razor had never been honed. So who all is checking out their razor boxes now? Mike

I have found several certificates in coffins that way.

wow I love those stones! if I may what type are they? the Coti a Salm??