Thread: Slurry

I have a nice green stone billed as a Thuringen. How does one build a slurry without a slurry stone for that type of stone? I know jnats use a mystical slurry stone. (Mostly mystical because I can't pronounce then or done the research). I've been using a slurry stone with my coti bout.
Is slurry of use to stones other than jnat or coticule?
Thanks.

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You can make slurry using a DMT. When honing I use a DMT to clean and build slurry as shown in many of Glen's (gssixgun) videos.

I agree. DMT or any other diamond plate that has been broken in. New diamond plates tend to lose diamonds until they are broken in. You DONT want diamonds in your slurry. You could also use your Coticule slurry stone. Either way, when you finish using just water, you will have a "Thuringen" finish.

A small Ark is what I used for the first little while.

Try the slurry stone that you already have. I think you will be surprised at how well it works.

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by Clayglen

I have a nice green stone billed as a Thuringen. How does one build a slurry without a slurry stone for that type of stone? I know jnats use a mystical slurry stone. (Mostly mystical because I can't pronounce then or done the research). I've been using a slurry stone with my coti bout.
Is slurry of use to stones other than jnat or coticule?
Thanks.

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I was using a small piece of coticule as a slurry stone on my Arkansas stones. I've lost track of that stone, so I may have to get hold of a new one but it worked very well. I've also tried the Welsh slate rubbing stones I've got and determined those work better on the slate than they do with the Arkansas stones. They do OK with the slate, but it's a poor match with the Arkies for whatever reason.

But the point is, if you've got a hard base stone and a slurry stone that accompanies it well, you can use slurry effectively.

I think if I had one, I would likely not worry so much with slurry on a Thuri. I'd use it for finishing at the tail end of a synthetic progression with just water. But I guess if you've got it, you kinda have to play with it right?

Yup, gotta play. I was using it to finish as well. I wasn't as impressed as with my one amazing cotti edge. More experiment is in order for sure. 10 passes on the Thuri didn't do much. I should pull out the loupe and be more scientific.
If you use a cotti slurry on a thuri are you getting cotticle or Thuringen edge??? Hmmmm.

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Should be a Thuri edge by the time you're done, since the last phase after dilution is pure water. But I'd be wary of that particular combination. Garnets in coticule are quite hard, I imagine the loose ones in the slurry might abrade more of the Thuri than you might like, but that all depends on the hardness of the thuri.

My experience with naturals leads me to believe that, in general, 10 passes wouldn't be enough unless maybe you were coming off a Naniwa 12K or a Shapton in that range or higher. They all cut slow compared to man made abrasives with possible exception for coticules, they're on the fast end of things for naturals. At any rate, to get the result I want from my Arkies coming off the Norton 8K I'm generally looking at around 50 strokes plain water, and another 50 or so with lather. If I'm using my C12K double that. My Welsh slates I'm still trying to figure out. They're an odd duck. Sometimes i get a pretty good edge off them, others everything goes to $%#&. Either way it takes a good 50 strokes water, same w/ lather or better to get the result I'm after on each rock.

And of course these are just ball park figures, it's going to vary some from one razor to the next.

Cool, thanks for the imput. I'm recently coming from films so it's surprisingly different. Films are fast and give a great edge. My Nortons are more challanging. Naturals, whole different kettle of fish.
I think I need more razors to experiment. Lol! Sadly my fur doesn't grow fast enough. One arm and a part of one leg is baby smooth though. Haha!

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That's a familiar problem. I settled down a bit when the honer's mange got to the point that I was out of arm hair to test with and I started having to go after leg hair. Now I try to wait for the shave test since that's the important one, but there's still a fair sized bald spot on my left arm due to impatience.