I know it's traditional to paste strops, and therefore to strop with paste, but strops (even paddle strops) are not a hard flat surface (and thus running a blade edge first across them would risk rolling it). If I were to take a block of wood and put some chromium oxide on it, it would be a hard surface. Would it be possible to run a blade across such a improvised bench hone edge forwards? I'm not sure it wouldn't do a better job of making the edge sharper.
Is there such an animal as a pasted hone?
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I´m not sure if that would work or improve anything, too.
But bevore I had a good setup including several strops
I used to work with a steel plate I wrapped (thick n hard) paper around.
That Paper I coatet with Chromium Oxide bonded in Wax.
This could be done with graphite pencils, too.
The steel plate being absolutely flat all you have to worry about is the flattnes of the paper.
You could of course polish the steel with some sandpaper and apply your paste to it directly.
In german Forums there are several people that apply a clay (potter´s earth, bolus alba ... don´t know the exact word for it) to a plate of glass, favorably that has antireflexion properties. This clay is considered to be around 10.000 and can thus be used like a hone, I think
The Thing is, you will never be able to apply pastes absolutely flat.
I would be worried about high spots that ruin the edge
But bevore I had a good setup including several strops
I used to work with a steel plate I wrapped (thick n hard) paper around.
That Paper I coatet with Chromium Oxide bonded in Wax.
This could be done with graphite pencils, too.
The steel plate being absolutely flat all you have to worry about is the flattnes of the paper.
You could of course polish the steel with some sandpaper and apply your paste to it directly.
In german Forums there are several people that apply a clay (potter´s earth, bolus alba ... don´t know the exact word for it) to a plate of glass, favorably that has antireflexion properties. This clay is considered to be around 10.000 and can thus be used like a hone, I think
The Thing is, you will never be able to apply pastes absolutely flat.
I would be worried about high spots that ruin the edge
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If the medium onto which you apply the razor is softer than the steel, drag the edge.
Well that kills my idea for a jello hone...
I think I was trying to find a cheap way to get .50 something to do honing at .50 micron. It's called lapping film
. I'm not sure I even need it either. I'm happy with my Chinese 12k.
What you are trying to prevent is the eventual appleseeding of the edge that happens after maybe thousands or at least hundreds of strokes on crox. Ie, don't even bother worrying about it. Plus 10 strokes on the chinese stone will get rid of it.
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It sounds like I'm good then. Are you going to be reviewing the Naniwa 12k soon? I'm looking at it and the Shapton 12k and wondering if they might not make good replacements/additions to the Chinese 12k someday. It is kind of slow but I love the edge...
I seem to remember reading on SRP some time ago, that Handamerican were experimenting with a way of coating an Arkansas stone with Boron Carbide to create a finishing medium, maybe worth contacting them to find out if it ever get off the ground.
EDIT: Here's the post I was talking about http://www.straightrazorplace.com/forums/general/20688-handamerican.html
Regards,
Stew
EDIT: Here's the post I was talking about http://www.straightrazorplace.com/forums/general/20688-handamerican.html
Regards,
Stew
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Keith said this in a post a while back:
When it comes to maintenance stones I only use one, a surgical black Arkansas stone that I spritz with 1 micron boron carbide & water.
Here is the post:
http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/834872/tp/2/
When it comes to maintenance stones I only use one, a surgical black Arkansas stone that I spritz with 1 micron boron carbide & water.
Here is the post:
http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/834872/tp/2/
