Thread: Glycerin on hones

After reading a few folks' experience on here, I decided to try honing with a little glycerin last night.

I have a yellow-green/blue thuringian that I use for touchups occasionally. Just water. It's hard to keep the water on the hone for very many strokes (hand held).

I put a little water on the stone and then two tiny drops of glycerin were added. I was surprised at how well the water stayed on the hone. Kind of like liquid mercury dancing around.

Was the edge any better? Not sure as this stone always produces a fantastic edge but it was a lot less trouble.

The cumulative experience of the folks on this site is incredible.