Swarf means that the stone is cutting. No swarf means that it isn't. An Ark will finish a razor either way. Just by different mechanisms.
Well guys, I just got 2 stones, one is a hard surgical black ark, and the other is a cot. Both are 6 x 2 inches. After lapping both sides of the ark with 320 w/d I progressed to 600 w/d on only one side.
Then I thought, why not try using the cot to polish the ark?
I put the 320 w/d side to the cot and it built a slurry right away, after about 10 minutes it looks better than the 600 w/d side...........
Has anybody else tried this?
prof
BTW, I loved the video Jim.Just guessing but I think my true hard Arks are harder than my two coticules. I'll be interested in opinions much more informed than my guess.
I might want to pick your brain about the coticule's too, I have used ark's for eons, just tiny ones for touching up diagonal cutters and scissors when the alignment needs to be spot on. I have never lapped an arkie before. So this is all new to me.Just guessing but I think my true hard Arks are harder than my two coticules. I'll be interested in opinions much more informed than my guess.
BTW, I loved the video Jim.
Doug
Which nano hone did you have?I lent my NanoHone to Jarrod at the Superior Shave and he did a video using it. Flattened the Ark in 1/5 of the time then a DMX and left it smooth enough that he didn't need to burnish it. He plans on honing a razor on the stone to see the results. I used the NanoHone on my Dan's surgical black stone and the flatness and smoothnes was considerably better then what I got when the stone arrive. I found the stone produced a very sharp and smooth edge on a number of different razors. Much better shave. Took me about 10 minutes on the NanoHone.
NL5 I didn't want to go for the bigger plates because I questioned if this would really work. Works great. Go to the Superior Shave and watch Jarrod lap stones using it.Which nano hone did you have?