Thread: Ceramic crock stick for touch up?

I was looking at an UF round ceramic crock stick 'steel' the other day and thinking that it might be good for quick touch ups.

Has anybody tried this?

Any idea what grit these might be?

I may give it a try the next time I need a touch up and see how it does.

I think you might be better off with some chromium oxide or diamond paste on leather or newspaper. It seems to me a crock stick would damage the edge no matter what the grit.

Not to worry. I have plenty of the 'correct' hones and they do a great job. This was just a passing thought that crossed my mind while rummaging through my sharpening box. The scratch pattern looks very close to 10K on one of my pocketknives.

those are great for knives, a knife doesnt have as fine of an edge as a straight razor, one of those ceramic sticks would roll the edge for sure

Using a round surface to hone a razor has one problem. The weight is concentrated on just that one point touching the rod and it is very easy to microchip the blade edge. If you decide to try this then use ultra lite pressure.

Hope this helps,

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Using a round surface to hone a razor has one problem. The weight is concentrated on just that one point touching the rod and it is very easy to microchip the blade edge. If you decide to try this then use ultra lite pressure.

Hope this helps,

That would be the key. Risky. Very light strokes and keep the blade moving along the blade's length would somewhat minimize the risk.

[quote=kelbro;222055]I was looking at an UF round ceramic crock stick 'steel' the other day and thinking that it might be good for quick touch ups.

Has anybody tried this?

Tho I haven't tried it, I've used ceramic sticks (knives only) and I think they would NOT be a good choice. The ones I've had don't seem to be as fine as my Surgical Black and Translucent Arkansas stones. Operative word is "seem". You could be the guinney(sp?) pig on this one.

I personally don't like to put my straights to anything coarser than the Surgical Black.

I was hoping that someone had tried this... I'm kinda partial to my face and try my best to avoid nicks and cuts so I don't think that I'll be the guinea pig for this one

Originally Posted by kelbro

I was hoping that someone had tried this... I'm kinda partial to my face and try my best to avoid nicks and cuts so I don't think that I'll be the guinea pig for this one

That's how you spell it

I'm pretty sure I've seen ceramic superfine flat stones, just don't know where. I have one that may be close to my Translucent Arkansas in grit