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Russel,

Just for the record, I'm not trying to antagonize you. :) Your posts are well thought out, and I'd be willing to bet that you have more overall sharpening experience than me. Belgian hones...

You got me on the garnet content. :) Still, 35 percent means a lot of the slurry isn't garnet.

We've had the discussion about different garnet sizes before, but I can't seem to find the thread. I...

Wow, that's soft. Even my Belgian blue isn't that soft.



I'm not sure what the consensus is on this. I don't usually follow the hone comparison threads. :shrug:

The slurry that you're...

I agree with this, at least as far as my non-scientific observations go. So dry honing would involve using only the exposed parts of the garnets. Honing with plain water and no slurry might cushion...

Russel,

I think we're not really disagreeing here. :) It sounds like you have a softer coticule than I do. This has come up before, with some people swearing that a coticule creates a slurry just...

Experimenting is a good thing. :)

One thing I'd caution you against here is assuming that what happens on the bevel translates directly to the edge. It does give you some clues, but it's not...

Russel,

I have to disagree that dry honing removes less material than using the coticule wet. The old barber manuals taught that the progression was dry, wet, then coated with shaving lather for...