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No, mine is a continuous smooth surface. and yes it sets a bevel, cuts fast with slurry and polishes very well on water. Interesting effects also if one uses different grit slurry stones as well.Does...

Dave

I have a Cretan hone that is a novaculite
http://www.coticule.be/the-cafeteria/message/26869.html

and is a very hard stone. Cuts great on slurry or water and polishes so well on water....

thanks so much for all this great information! I've learned quite a bit from your posts and now have two stainless steel blades that are now finally shave ready. and I don't hate them anymore ,lol.

dave

can you explain this part:
if you have the patience to allow the novaculite to become dulled, and the the subsequent patience to use the dulled novaculite.

further please?

Just a quick note on Dave's point about synthetics on stainless steel blades. I shaved with the Flaschner this morning and it was perfecct. sharp and smooth. Can't wait to use this technique on my...

it's really not that much extra but I get your point.

I've gotten in that habit, one downstroke on glass, just to see what each of the stones I'm using is actually doing to the edge. I honed the blade with a very different set of stones the other day...

Dave

THANK YOU. This seems a very logical explanation why I can consistently get such good edges on my carbon steel blades and have a uniformly tough time doing so on almost ALL my stainless...