Thread: Charnley forest slurry stone

I don't see any need to use a slurry at that stage in the game. Take your time, enjoy the ride.....I have a Charnley, 6x2 or so...I use a thin coat of oil, no slurry...

Ok, you have received advice from one of the most knowledgeable hone guys in exhistance and he recommends oil. Guess what, I do too. If you use a oil that is too thick, your blade will literally hydroplane over the stone doing very little to the edge. I first started out with 3n1 oil...it was too thick. I talked to Lynn (another real knowledgeable guy) and he mentioned he used sewing machine oil. I tried it and it was thinner than the 3n1 oil and worked wonderfully, bringing out what the CF was meant for. I have just honed a blade using Kroil and it was even better, maybe not better, but faster...for one blade. Kroil is thinner than the sewing machine oil. I'm out of blades to hone at the present. I know the sewing machine oil works very well and you should try it and forget about the rest for a while.

Long story short is you should learn what works best with the stone by listening to the pro's as many of us do, then once you have learned your stone try the experiments. Sure shaves a heck of a lot of time. I can tell you from experience that slurry (nagura, thuri, or CF) with water on a CF doesn't work like oil...period and end of discussion/my rant. I know this because I didn't listen...get where I'm going with this?

Originally Posted by EnidinLondon

Thanks

I just wish Mark would get that dragon tongue figured out

Enid!

Remember that cute little JNat and the HHT?

Thanks to you all for your answers.
After reading I understand Oil is the way. We must allways learn from those who have tried before.
But we can allways experiment other options after well known the stone and I want to try this pnk slurry too.
I will post some pics as soon as I found how to do it.