Thread: Beginner from Aus

Welcome to the 'Place'.
Yes, maybe more 12k will help. Your stones are not really well matched in that the Kings are much softer than the Shapton & will give a slightly different contour to the bevel. The Shapton is a fast cutter tho so still be careful not to over do it in terms of time & /or pressure.

I found the shave to be a little smoother off the Pro if followed by a pasted strop.

No worries Mate, you'll find your stride after a while...it's worth it.

Welcome MrAsh from CQ
+1 on the responses already recieved from OZ & Johnmrson they are definately from the higher order of honemiester in Aus
my dumb question, as it is not noted above, have you run it over the leather strop also for the 100 passes

I can't add to the Shapton 12K as I use a Naniwa 12K with very light pressure for finnishing and it is fine after the 100 laps of stropping on clean leather only
my understanding also is that the Shapton can have a coarser finish sometimes when I was looking for a finisher, but I can not confirm from my own experience

I haven't use any pastes as yet either

Hello,and welcome to SRP.

Thanks for the help, I have stropped it on leather but am still waiting for my paste and a 30x loupe. I will keep on the 12K and see how it progresses.
The king hones are easily replaceable if they might cause me issues, I had them already so thought I would give them a go. I did notice the metal shavings in the shapton slurry that I had not gotten with either of the kings but they did appear to be cutting okay.
What hones should I be looking at to match the shapton, would the shapton 5K, 8K be alright? or is there something better I should look at.

Originally Posted by MrAsh

Thanks for the help, I have stropped it on leather but am still waiting for my paste and a 30x loupe. I will keep on the 12K and see how it progresses.
The king hones are easily replaceable if they might cause me issues, I had them already so thought I would give them a go. I did notice the metal shavings in the shapton slurry that I had not gotten with either of the kings but they did appear to be cutting okay.
What hones should I be looking at to match the shapton, would the shapton 5K, 8K be alright? or is there something better I should look at.

Don't give up on the Kings without a bit more experimenting but in regards to the Shaps, I have all the Pros bar the 30k & found I could skip the 8k & just go to the 12k from the 5k. Again just spending a little more time on the 12k. They don't polish as well as the GS stones & the Naniwa up to 12k but you can always go higher.

I'm not throwing in the towel just yet, just over thinking things while sitting in my donger for the next week until I go home to play with it again.