help me decide on a workhorse
howdy, fellow honer-sapiens !!
i dont have a decent bevel setter anymore (thats another tale).....only a 100year old coticule combo ( 10$ antique store find !! yay for me!!) , a newer one and a chinese 12k. the old combo is pretty soft and the other is quite hard...ive tried setting bevels with the soft coticule ,and done a decent job on some razors that werent that far off to begin with, but i can see myself losing patience with a heavy wedge or something that has some meat on its bones. i need to make my life a little easier.
sooooooo, i just found these cool lookin' and inexpensive japanese combo waterstones at woodcraft ( i cant afford a norton 1k/4k at the moment, which i guess would be ideal ) one was a 800/4k and the other is a 1k/6k. so what one do you good folks think would be better for doing the actual work, as ive got polishing covered . im still kinda new at this and am scared that 800 grit would be too rough, and with the 6k id be stuck there sharpening twice as long as id actually need to!
im thinking the 6k in cahoots with the bbw side of my combo, or is that an unnecessary step on the "ladder"? or, are these japanese waterstones anything like novaculite that a ( for instance) 800 grit stone would perform like a 1200+ grit ?
any and all help would be appreciated, my friends !! thanks- smeg
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