Thread: The light strokes..

Originally Posted by stimpy52

I probably shouldn't post when I'm tired and cranky, things just don't come out right, and sometimes I end up raising someone's hackles. My apologies.

On a brighter note -- you're about 4 and 1/2 hours from Williamson, NY, about 4 hours from Rochester, NY -- There are guys here that could put you on the right track. Not me, you understand, I'm an amateur, but I could put you in touch with some other members who always seem willing to give real-world, hands-on help. Think about it. It's really fun to meet and learn.

Thanks for the reply and I might take you up on your offer. BTW, I didn't take anything you said the wrong way. You are correct that everyone in the day did not need a microscope. All they needed was to go down the street and find someone who could give them a hand. Even today you don't really need one for honing. I bought mine to look at insects and just decided to look at a few razor edges along the way. Not nearly as interesting as spiders and dragon flies.

Wow, Tom, nice post- that ought to be a sticky.

I think I'm getting it a little better now. I wonder about the slurry, I think I need to dig up that "Art of the Slurry" thread again, I think I'm thinning my slurry too fast or not fast enough or.. something.

My stone wasn't perfectly flat, and probably still isn't, but I seem to be getting better results since lapping it again.

It's probably all a case of typical beginner problems being addressed by changing way too many variables at once, but I think I'm getting better at it all. I've been kind of sick, so I gotta try to be busy to make up for it, I haven't had a lot of time to put all the advice I've gotten to good use yet. Here's a pic of what I managed to do tonight, at least I'm getting out to the edge. The vertical white streak in the middle is fuzz from a towel. Not an ideal edge by any means but at least I'm getting on the edge now instead of polishing the back of the darn bevel.

Thanks again all, and kindest regards,

n

Congrats! It looks, microscopically speaking , a whole lot better. How does it shave incomparison to before?

Yea, there ya go.