Thread: My African Zulu Grey

Not sure I would like a slow finisher, my normal progression if all goes well and the undercut is good is 4K, 8K ( Shapton GS ) 12K NN then some passes on a Nakayama Kiita with a mist of slurry and then strop, time spent on each stone is about 3-4mins, I used to do long honing sessions on JNATS like 30 mins plus just on the finisher and finally figured out it was a waste of time

Dear Gasman,

To prevent scratching of the main stone during slurrying following was helpfull to me:

• First I've created some convexity to one of the surfaces of the Zulu-Slurry. This seems to provide multiple advantages (reduces sticking, increased contact, allows to slurry with less pressure)
• Smoothed out all edges and corners so that they would not "catch" the main stone
• Use very little pressure during slurrying
• I do list one end of the Slurry stone so that the curved part gets in contact with the main stone (just a little bit, sometime it's just a tendency to lift) until I feel it stops slipping and starts "working"

My Zulu main stone has created a glazy surface after some use. I do keep it as it is but I've read somewhere that some users don't like the shaves of the glazy-Zulu and do refresh its surface each time bevore using by a diamond card. The slurrying can still be done with its own slurry stone.

Happy adventures with the piece of africa

Philipp

I just ordered a Zulu Grey but in the mean time after reading all these posts, I decided to take out my Ark Black and try honing after a coticule. I did 70 spine first on a dry stone then 30 blade forward. Then went to linen and finally a strop. I am amazed how sharp and smooth the blade is. Very polished. The shave was like a hot knife through butter. Love the learning process.