Thread: the walmart smith's tri-hone challenge :}

so ive never done the 1k challenge, and decided to take it up a notch to the Walmart tri-hone challenge instead :}


https://youtu.be/teoXWouw0Eg

Another great video Joe.

Really looking forward to seeing the shave report for this one.

Pete <:-}

I am standing by to see how the shave goes.
It was an interesting video.

thanks fellas!

the shave was a bit rough and not as close as a higher grit edge, but I think that is to be expected. I really think there is a lot more in that fine ark than what I got out of it, and will go back sooner or later and smooth it out with a kitchen knife or something and then try it again. I don't know what grit it is, or how fine I can get it, but it did work well enough to get a shave out of it :}


I thought about doing a shave on the video, but had just shaved that morning, plus it was already a long video, and im not quite sure I want to bring youtube into my bathroom to do a shave in front of the camera...…..

Do u plan on leaving the swarf on the stone, after rubbing the kitchen knife on it.? Oil or water.? For honing.

I ask this, because up to a few years ago, I only honed on one stone. I don't know what it is, just that it was a hand me down, from within the family. Granddad's, my dads, to me. Like u, it wasn't the high grt. shaves we all enjoy, but usable.

But its I'd say 1000 grt. And what I would do is leave the swarf from honing knives n such, imbedded in the hone.
This causes a reduction the aggressiveness / cutting ability, of the stone, and causes more of a act of burnishing. I used water.

Then it was stropping the bejesus out of it. Mind you I'm self taught for the most part, and had no internet, and limited to what I had for honing on.

My strop...an ol leather belt, that I'd grown out of. The inside suede part of the belt was for two pastes. Red rouge, and a buffing compound from my dads garage.

One razor...one stone...ol leather belt.
That's how I shaved, for almost 30yrs.

Still got my kit..!



I did buy some Remington, Ark. Tri Hones years back, made an improvement to my hone.

So I'd agree with your tests so far, but try the swarf, if it interest you.

outback,

that's a heck of a story, I love it! :}

that fine stone still has some roughness to it that I think will smooth out just with some use. I haven't decided exactly what ill do to it yet. whether lap it with another stone, or just sharpen some knives with it or what. and then I had kinda thought about taking it off the holder, and smoothing one side, and then burnishing the other, then perhaps cutting a groove in each end and making clamps to hold it back to the holder that fit into the grooves.

I do know that the fine stone on that set is mighty soft for an Arkansas, the old file I used to knock down the corners cut into it pretty easy. so I think id have to be pretty carefull in smoothing or burnishing it to avoid dishing it.

Try rubbing it with the side of a Phillips screwdriver, then leave that metal on the stone, maybe.

Flats of wood chisels work well

I don't want to put the quash on your project, but I believe the 1k challenge stipulated no CrOx or excessive stropping.

tartarsauce….. well ok, ill have to do it all over again then :}