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07-07-2014, 02:30 AM #31
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Thanked: 3215I use .25 Diamond as a refreshing paste, not finishing.
You can calm a Diamond edge down with Chrome and Cerium Oxides, or linen and leather or the best, .50 or .125 CBN.
Cerium and CBN are the best finishing paste I have found and can be used daily for maintenance, with Diamond used once a week or as needed if the edge begins to flag.
Diamond to sharpen, CBN, Cerium and linen for smoothness.
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07-07-2014, 02:55 AM #32
Diamond is tops at cutting steel. I forget if it's in a sharpening book I have or if I saw this somewhere else, but electron microscopic images of steel edges honed with diamond are very interesting; think jagged sharp peaks and valleys with a side view like this: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ translating to edges like that as well. Diamond can be harsh on the face for that reason but will also lay whiskers to waste. I can not shave with a diamond honed edge taken only to a leather strop. Too harsh for me. Not pleasant even if wickedly sharp.
Microscopic pictures of Chrome Ox edges are very different than diamond and much smoother: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Diamond on steel is like broken glass. Chrome Ox on steel is like modeling clay. Weird comparisons, but they work.
ChrisL
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07-07-2014, 03:23 AM #33
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