Slurry on a touch-up hone?
I apologize if this has been brought up before, but my search of the forums didn’t turn up anything.
As I was working on lapping some of the razor hones I recently acquired, I realized I was basically building a slurry as I was flattening the stone.
I understand that all hones are different, but I began to wonder if anyone had finished a honing progression on a 4K, 8K or higher-grit stone, then worked up a slurry on something like a Swaty to put a final finish on a razor, similar to the use of a coticule. I understand that it’s not the way things are normally done - there’s plenty of finishing stones out there designed for such a task and razor hones are basically for touch-ups. However, being someone that doesn’t have an arsenal of stones to fall back on I’m looking at alternatives.
Would honing in such a manner tend to undo the work that was done on the previous stone, or is it possible that this could be something like a “poor man’s coticule” that would allow a budget-oriented person to start working with an alternative to high-grit stones without the investment normally required?
Feel free to shoot down the idea if it’s been tried and found to give poor results. It’ll save me some experimenting if that’s the case. On the other hand, there might be some people more experienced at honing out there who may want to give this a try as well and report results if it intrigues them.
Just trying to think outside the box for some ways to save cash.
Thanks,
- Mark (S-4-C)