Thread: Scottish Hone

Where in the honing cycle would one use a scottish hone. This information would be helpful to me. Thank you.

After bevel creation and before a finishing hone/pasted strop.

Many use it as a slow substitute for the Norton 8K. It's hard to overhone with it, and it's apparently good for microchipping-prone razors.

Pretty close to a belgian blue as a honing medium.

Originally Posted by dylandog

After bevel creation and before a finishing hone/pasted strop.

Many use it as a slow substitute for the Norton 8K. It's hard to overhone with it, and it's apparently good for microchipping-prone razors.

Pretty close to a belgian blue as a honing medium.

Thank you.

When used with a slurry I would give it a grit rating of about 6000.