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"The princess/pea" thing was a remark about how some people even though they have the finest edge with the smoothest of a mirror and the keenness of the best edge ever achieved,will, just like the...

Glad to hear that you are settling down because when you first get a stone that you paid some big bucks for. One gets a little antsy about what you are getting in the way of an edge and a little...

Well Pink sounds like you have almost arrived at you destination....problem is if you have the "Princess and the pea" syndrome you'll never get there!:)


Take Care,
Richard

Thanks for the pics Seth. They help a lot. I have been making my slurry a lot heavier.

Later,
Richard

This an IMHO thing. I am confused in that your goal of keen and smooth have been met. I look at a finisher as just that, a finisher. How does the blade sound when it hits the stone, does it ring....

Congrats! Do as So speaks of and seal the edges of the Atoma with epoxy so that water can't get behind the diamond mesh. Just lap the thing under slightly running water with the Atoma and you will be...

The only variable about testing how "fast" a stone keep in mind that, for instance, a new TI made with C135 steel it will take longer to get the slurry to turn color. That steel is very hard indeed....

I basically do the same thing as Chef when I get a new stone. Up to now I wanted a finisher so I would use everything below that then use the finisher to she what she's got.

Take Care,
Richard

U DOG! Man that did not take long!

I think you will find out soon enough what you like in a edge.


Take Care,
Richard