Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by JOB15

Had this on the grinder today then on the stones for an Escher finish.. It has a very smooth HHT .. I cant wait to test it. Thanks

Sheffield Steel.


1K Debado . Shallow scratch marks, amazing feedback on this.


5K Naniwa . The corner fell off today, woops, i'll glue it back on.


10K Great stone but every stone is great.


Yellow Green

What magnification is that at, Joseph.? The 10k looks worse than the 5k

Originally Posted by outback

What magnification is that at, Joseph.? The 10k looks worse than the 5k

I think it is supposed to be 400 magnification.. Don't let the looks deceive you . The only one that really matters is the bevel set 1k. That's where i spend my time killing the edge and re setting until it pops arm hair and looks good under the scope. If it doesn't look good there are a number of checks to through . Bevel angle is normally what's wrong..Especially using fat tape on older blades restored..
When honing for a customer i take a before and after photo.. Jnat edges look amazing under the scope..
Thanks Mike

Damn that does turn your stomach! I would have to go fishing after that!

Those glassy lines and namazu lines are mineral filled cracks. They’re naturally weak and if a stone is subjected to stress, a lot of times that’s where they fail.

I’ve also had a Hakka tomo separate in my hand along the layer structure, no crack needed, it stuck to the hone because it wasn’t soaked long enough, and presto, I had two nagura, one in my hand and one stuck to the stone.

Today I finished this WH Oates in black horn on the unique, massive primitive black Arkansas stone that I got recently from Dan's Whetstones (which I gave more info. on the mounting process in the "What Are You Working On?" thread). The super-soft British steel on this razor took an easy, killer edge after a quick progression on water stones up to 8k, then using WD-40 on the highly burnished Ark surface. I purposely left out the Nani 12k step, as I'm intrigued to try this minimalist approach to edge retention and longevity that Shaun and others talk about. I look forward to the test-shave.

I also put on a 2nd layer of tape and set a micro-bevel on 4 others that felt like they needed something more-we'll see.

Last night, I set the bevel with the green brick, then took this 7/8 Wade & Butcher up to around 8k, using a Washita, and dark blue, Thurigan.

This evening, I finished it out on the B/G barbers delight.
Only thing left...shave test.!

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Today I finished this WH Oates in black horn on the unique, massive primitive black Arkansas stone that I got recently from Dan's Whetstones (which I gave more info. on the mounting process in the "What Are You Working On?" thread). The super-soft British steel on this razor took an easy, killer edge after a quick progression on water stones up to 8k, then using WD-40 on the highly burnished Ark surface. I purposely left out the Nani 12k step, as I'm intrigued to try this minimalist approach to edge retention and longevity that Shaun and others talk about. I look forward to the test-shave.

I also put on a 2nd layer of tape and set a micro-bevel on 4 others that felt like they needed something more-we'll see.

I'm pretty certain that this used to be Andre the Giant's personal hone.

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

I'm pretty certain that this used to be Andre the Giant's personal hone.

Yeah, she's kinda awkward for hand honing lol! I love the almost decadent luxury of the real estate on it, though. And I can leave it on the coffee table with a can of WD-40 nearby, and just do almost mindless laps once I get how to rock an edge to keep the wave going.

Also, Outback Mike, that is a beautiful razor!