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06-27-2008, 02:40 AM #1
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Thanked: 351For lapping hones, the 325 is king. The 600 will work but remember, when you are lapping hones, you are releasing grit from the lapped hone. The grit becomes an abrasive slurry so it's important that the diamond hone have grit significantly larger than the grit from the lapped hone, otherwise you'll soon be losing the diamond grit due to the chromium plating that holds the diamonds in place being worn away by the slurry.
Come to think of it, I think DMT recommends the 220 grit plate for lapping but most gents have been very happy with the 325 and it IS useful for knives and other such things as well.
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Christian"Aw nuts, now I can't remember what I forgot!" --- Kaptain "Champion of lost causes" Zero
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06-27-2008, 02:49 AM #2
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Thanked: 351I forgot to mention one thing.... if you are happy with the shaving comfort you are getting from your arkansas hone, why would you want to buy a complete set of new hones?!?! I mean, I'm getting the greatest shaves of my life using my Belgian Blue and Yellow Coticule hones so I, myself am perplexed by the idea that I'm expecting a complete set of Shapton hones to show up in the mail box in the next week or so..... I know I don't NEED them, but they just seemed to order themselves.......
Oh well, like the Borg say, resistance is futile.... Enjoy your hone acquisition disorder until you run out of money.... then start selling stuff to fund more hones.....
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06-27-2008, 02:59 AM #3
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06-27-2008, 05:12 AM #4
I knew you couldn't keep the cat in the bag forever!!! I kept my mouth shut about your purchase as promised!
Oh, you'll love them. I wouldn't trade my Belgians (maybe I'll thin the herd sometime..........maybe) but you'll have fun with the Shaptons. I just came up from my honing area of the basement after working on a DD Dwarf with a slight spine flaw making for some challenging honing. Shapton 2000 to reset the bevel, 4000, 6000 and 8000. I dare say I may try a shave off the 8000 tomorrow; over half the arm hairs I passed over with the 8000 edge I could not feel even being cut. Very nice.
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
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06-27-2008, 01:20 PM #5
First off. I do NOT have HAD ;=)
I've been buying sharpeners of various types for 35+ years. Ceramic sticks, arkansas stones, diamond stones, kits, all of it. Yes I am happy with my Arkansas stones and the edges I get with them. But I've been reading about the waterstones for a while now and have to see for myself if they actually produce a finer edge, plus it never hurts to have a different hone or two.
O.K. so it looks like I can trash the Norton flattening stone and go with the 325 DMT.
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06-27-2008, 01:46 PM #6
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06-27-2008, 02:15 PM #7
I really don't think that 20 or so sharpeners over 30+ years constitutes HAD
Just cause I have more knives than the Buck and Case factories combined, more Zippos than all of Bradford, more cigars than the Fuente factory, more lighters than the entire Colibri family, it doesn't make me compulsive. it doesn't make me compulsive. it doesn't make me compulsive. it doesn't make me compulsive. it doesn't make me compulsive. it doesn't make me compulsive.
Does it?
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06-27-2008, 02:44 PM #8
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06-27-2008, 03:47 PM #9