Thread: Looking Forward to Honing (just a little)

Originally Posted by Maxi

Carl,

I took a look at the link above. You are looking for "NATURAL sharpening stone" on that site. It's a dark grey colour, at the bottom of the page in the sharpening stone category.

PHIG is the same think on this site as C12K. I think Holli4 coined it "People's Hone of Indeterminate Grit", because it's a natural and therefore has no actual Grit rating.

Also. It may come with a slurry stone. Ask for one if it doesn't (or contact Zib on here, I think he sells them). With the slurry stone you can make a little light slurry (a combination of rock and water) by rubbing the small stone on the surface of the big stone. This lowers the "grit rating" a bit. For example. If you had a norton 4/8K and you make a slurry on the 4k side, you may be dropping it to around 2k. Then as you dilute your slurry, you move closer to 4k again.

Confusing, I know. Just grab the natural stone, and start playing around. That's the best way to get it. I'd advise using your arm hair as a benchmark. IE: shave a bit of it before you use the stone, then do 20 strokes on the stone and shave test your arm again. Was it easier to cut this time? The same? Worse? .....

Have fun!!

And don't forget to lap it first