Gap in Progression: To much?

[JonnyAngel]

My basic set up is a King 1.2K, DMT 8k, Shapton 16k and a TM Practice Strop with CO2. Do I have to large a gap between the King and the DMT?

Joel's review of the DTM says it cuts as quick as a Norton 4k, so I feel I should be ok, but Id like a more experienced opinion than my own.

 

[leighton]

My basic set up is a King 1.2K, DMT 8k, Shapton 16k and a TM Practice Strop with CO2. Do I have to large a gap between the King and the DMT?

Joel's review of the DTM says it cuts as quick as a Norton 4k, so I feel I should be ok, but Id like a more experienced opinion than my own.

If your only touching up razors, you can drop everything but the 16k & crox.

If your restoring razors, you'll definitely want a 4k stone. But you'd also want a 300 grit stone too.

edit: DMT 8EE is sufficiently aggressive enough to be fine for most purposes. The jump isn't that bad.

 

[Sticky]

I go from a DMT E to a DMT EE all the time. Works ok for me.

 

[professorchaos]

Not insurmountable. Just take care to remove the scratches from the King 1.2K and you should be fine.

 

[Seraphim]

I go from a DMT E to a DMT EE all the time. Works ok for me.

Same here.

 

[English]

I think it just takes a little more time.

You can get a King 4K that may make you feel better. They are not so expensive.

When I first had a fast cutting 10K hone (Naniwa Chosera), it would polish up a 1K hones groves with ease. If you get an in between hone, you will notice that it takes all of the work out of using the 10K hone. It takes all the fun out of it as well. But I suppose in all honesty the result is better.

The way to think of it is that the 10k grit is so fine that it will struggle to flatten out the big groves that the 1k grit left in your edge. Some would argue that it will not ever really do it. I'm not so sure.

 

[JonnyAngel]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Thats what I thought. I follow up the DMT with a Shapton 16K, and a pasted strop.

 

[Ray-man]

I like to think of an analogy to something like this. So I think going from 1.2k DMT to 16k would be equivelant to sanding your scales with 320 grit sand paper, and then going directly to 2k paper to finish them. If you eliminate everything inbetween, the final finish will take a really long time.

Can it be done? Sure! But the time involved might not be the most efficient. If you don't mind the extra work, go for it.

JMHO,

Ray

 

[hardheart]

the DMT 8k is mesh, not grit. 8000 mesh is 3 micron, which is about 4000 japanese industrial standard, 1500 CAMI, and F1200 FEPA. It is tough to just take the advertised number and cut it in half or thirds to determine your progression.