Thread: Slurry on a Norton?

Is this possible?
I was honing away on 2 razors tonight, and my mind was wandering on what benefit slurry honing would give.
I figure that the slurry helps to smoothnot only the cutting edge, but the edges between the teeth.
See I noticed that when I had to use my 220 to get rid of minor chips that the edge that was left behind was quite jagged.
I would then go to the 1000 and try to get it as smooth as I could and set the bevel. But I realize that even the 1K leaves a jagged edge, just not as noticeable as the 220, and so on with the 4K and 8k.
Of course each step reduces the size of the teeth and smooths it more and more, but I figure the slurry is more effective.
So how can I do it without buying new Stones?
What if I take a Diamond knife sharpener, (grit of 600 on 1 side and 1200 on the other) and lap the Norton stones, but leave the material behind. Isn't that what a slurry is?
I tried it tonight, and under the loupe it sure looks impressive, a very slick looking edge.
I will be shaving with it tomorrow to see how it shaves, which is the real test.
Anyone else ever tried this?

Originally Posted by souschefdude

What if I take a Diamond knife sharpener, (grit of 600 on 1 side and 1200 on the other) and lap the Norton stones, but leave the material behind. Isn't that what a slurry is?
I tried it tonight, and under the loupe it sure looks impressive, a very slick looking edge.
I will be shaving with it tomorrow to see how it shaves, which is the real test.
Anyone else ever tried this?

I raise a slurry on my nortons with a diamond card from the local hardware store and it does the job quite well so your idea should work fine, I started honing with slurry after watching gssixgun's one stone honing video and have had great results (thanks Glen).
I like honing with a slurry but thats just me, let us know how it goes!

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You can actually buy a little synthetic slurry stone...check out Glens (gssixgun) videos. I know in Canada you can get them at Lee Valley.

Slurry on the norton is awesome! I actually use slurry on all my stones, its something I learned from Glen in the forums. YOu can see his videos in the general thread under videos, his name is gssixgun.

I refresh my stones with a 325 plate like he does and use the slurry it builds and dilute the same, works great, leaves nice edges.

Quite a few people actually, and here is a thread with many other's opinions too

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...rt-slurry.html

And guys I do thanks ya for the props, but honestly I did not think of that, it was here on SRP before I joined the forum... Slurry and it's use goes way way back into the archives here...

Slurry all around on my naturals and artificial hones all the way up to my
12k Naniwa and Shapton 16k where I just use water.

Wow, I'm surprised there are so many slur-ites. I much prefer no slurry.

I first experimented with slurry when I got my Coticule. I had three blades I had been having trouble with and the Coticule with slurry fixed them right up. Then after watching gssixgun's (Glen) video on one stone honing I have been experimenting with slurry on a Norton 1k, Norton 4k/8k and Chinese 12k. I have had better luck with the Coticule but that is mainly because I've worked with it more.

The first job I tackled with a new DMT 325 was to make slurry on the 12k Chinese, that was a mistake. The slurry was pretty rough and while I was honing it scratched the 12k but I stopped as soon as I saw what was happening so no major damage. A quick lapping and the 12k was fixed.

I have been honing for about 2 years and the whole time I thought everything was done by the numbers, certain things had to be done a certain way. When I watched Glen's one stone honing video I realized that feedback is very important. I had slowly been picking up on that all along but didn't realize how important it was until watching the video.......Glen certainly knows his stuff on honing!

Thanks a ton Glen, you taught me a lot! I'm getting much better edges now.