Thread: Finishing with Thuringian

I have doubts about your stone. will better just try that stone in dull blade see what happens. it doesn't look like that a thuringian stone.

I agree, to me it looks like a form of slate but it's not a thuringian. Thuringian stones have a buttery feel to them, almost creamy and they're slurry is creamy too..smells like clay,etc.

Originally Posted by ben.mid

Each to his own. Don't get me wrong, I do rate the Thuringians ability with slurry. I just found I can get the edge up there far faster with other hones, then finish off very nicely with the method I mention.

i totaly agree if your shave ready of your last hone you should only need to smooth the edge , water would be fine

The only time I have seen a piece that thick was slate from a pool table. I have 2 of them. The one from china has silver "speckles" in it and I can feel them when I honed on it. Not good. I hope you have better luck.

On the Thuringen type hones I use a minimum of 25 laps with plain water to adjust the bevel to that stone ( whew! I thought I was the only one who did this..thanks Glen) and generally go for 100 laps...thats presuming the prior hone was a Norton 8K. I perform a TPT every 25 laps.

I dont have a Thuringian, but what I do on my Maruichi is start with a medium slurry, do 20-25 laps (depending on the razors grind), then dilute to a light slurry and do another 20-25, then finish with 20-25 with just water. But that stone is very high grit (30k+ I reckon) and a very slow cutter.

If I use the Charnley Forest I do 40-50 laps with just water, and on a coticule I tend to do 10-15 with a very light slurry and 20-25 with water.

I also totally agree with Glen that the razor is shave ready before you get to the natural finisher. Beforehand, I use either a 16k Shapton or 12k Naniwa and both give great edges. The natural is just the final finish on the edge.

I've also found that the naturals have relegated my pasted strops to the back of the cupboard..! Now I just go right from the finisher to the strop and test shave, and I'm really loving the edges. You can also tell the difference between the various stones by how they feel on the skin.

Wow, thanks for all the info guys. I tried 60 laps on an old gotta 120 that was badly in need of a touch-up. I cant say it improved the sharpness but it did seem to improve the smothness of the shave.
The edge I've been getting off the coticule has been more than satisfactory, I just really want this $4 rock to be a Thuringian and not just a paper weight. I guess further experimantation is in order, I'll try it as a finisher after test shaving the coti edge when I finish my next restoration later in the week.
Thanks
Grant

Gotta hamburg ring 120s are my favorite razors, you should love it! Good luck!