Thread: My African Zulu Grey

Why not just use a straight edge to check it for flat? Not sure about everyone else but mine was flat. I used the slurry stone a couple of times, but my really well worn DMT. Is what I use now to raise a slurry if I even do that. When raising a slurry on the Zulu its doesn't raise a milky slurry so no need to work it hard, it'll break off some grit for you. I've said it before, it's a stone that's really hard to overdone on. My routine with my naniwa is just a couple laps to refresh, on the Zulu a hundred or so. It doesn't get used much. But a great finisher in my opinion. Tc

Among the very few hard stones I kept after downsizing Zulu Grey, HGH, Chinese Green Jade.
They all worked well for me. As naturals, they all differ from others of their designation.
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+1 to what TC said above. I have a small extra-fine DMT I use to make slurry with the Zulu. That works well, but as has been said, it's a slow cutting stone. So patience is necessary. Come to think of it, it has been a while since I've used mine. I blame Shaun for this as it was usurped by an HGH as my finisher of choice.

If you please, what is an "HGH?"

HGH = Haida Gwaii Hone

They come from the west coast of Canada and are made by SRP member Rezdog. Really nice stones!

OK. Thanks for that!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I do that on my Escher, Hum de hum. Oh crap! Where am I? Hum-deHum.....
Beer.....

Well, there's your mistake. Beer needs to earlier in the process.

Jerry,

I value your opinion, please keep us posted. I'm curious to see how the ZG performs for you, I'm in a similar boat as you are. Nani12K is keen but not as smooth as the edge I shaved with after Logan719 put a J-nat finish on it.
I'm curious, very curious!

My only experience with the Zulu has been shaving with an edge that someone did for me. I respect his abilities as I've shaved off of many of his edges from different stones with fine results. The Zulu edge that he supplied to me shaved excellently and was very keen, but left a prickly feel hours after the shave. Only a sample of one shave, but I'd be interested to see if others had this experience with other Zulus.

One shave in, on my first try with the Zulu and im pretty happy. The keenness was still there but a small degree of smoothness was present too. A three pass shave then grabbed up the Alum and felt nothing. No sting at all. This was my first try with the stone and i dont think my 12k edge was perfect. The heal is where i have issues when i have issues.

But for my first attempt at using this stone, and finding progress, was a good feeling. Other naturals ive tried seem to just dull the edge. Although my honing keeps getting better, maybe i could do better with the other naturals now. But this Zulu was a no brainer for me. I just put the blade to the stone and went for it. I will try this stone on a few other blades this weekend to see how it feels with them.

A touch of comfort in an edge goes a long ways. Its not like i was shaving with a cotton ball. It still got to be sharp! But it felt like it was smoother on my skin. Nice when a plan starts to come together.

BTW, when i got the stone i sent an email to the seller letting him know i got it and told him that its too bad these stone are just grey. A little color sure would make then look better. He replied with, i told mother nature your request and she said that my new stone with a little color will be ready to pick up in about 30k years. Funny guy. It took him a bit of time to get the stone in the mail. Then shipping took 2.5 weeks but in the end, it made it here without any issues. With one using this stone once i would be hesitant to promote the buying of it to others but, it seemed to work for me on the first try so, Tom, if you got the funds id go for it.