Thread: Beginner from Aus

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.

Hi and welcome. Any questions feel free to ask.

Just in case you do decide on some Shaptons there is a budget model called the M5. About the same price as Kings. It is less stone than the Pros as it is bonded to a non usable side but for razors will last ages. IME it is near identical to the Pros so will match your 12k easily. 1500grit - 5k - 12k progression would be a nice minimalist approach that would cover a lot of bases.

G'Day MrAsh and welcome to the fold.
If you are anywhere near me you are welcome to drop over and see how I do things which may help.
PM me if you want to.
It's a pity you missed the catch-up we just had, but there'll always be another one

Where's your donger at MrAsh any interesting ?

Originally Posted by Havachat45

G'Day MrAsh and welcome to the fold.
If you are anywhere near me you are welcome to drop over and see how I do things which may help.
PM me if you want to.
It's a pity you missed the catch-up we just had, but there'll always be another one

Yeah I noticed I joined the week after Brisbane meetup, but I was out on site that week and wouldn't have been able to get there anyway.
I am down around Logan so I may hit you up about coming to have a look next time I'm in town.

Originally Posted by Substance

Where's your donger at MrAsh any interesting ?

I'm out on a site just past Chinchilla.