When it comes to using different lubricants other than just water, what have you tried and the results following. I myself like adding a couple drops of dish soap when trying to push a stone to its limits. If you have used oils, what kinds and what worked best for you?
Lubrication and honing
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I am a media dependent dependant... Water on the coticule, lather on the barber hone (just for for fun), oil on the arkansas, and soap on lapping film.
Depends on the stone.
Oil (Think it's a synthetic though) on oilstones, Water on dmt's. Water or slurry on everything else. Tried lather once or twice on a few stones, didn't make an appreciable difference vs water.
Oil (Think it's a synthetic though) on oilstones, Water on dmt's. Water or slurry on everything else. Tried lather once or twice on a few stones, didn't make an appreciable difference vs water.
Usually just water, but lately I have been adding a squirt of dish soap at the end and have noticed good things.
Water mostly but I also use oil and Smiths honing solution on an Arkansas stone.
Water.
I only use a Norton waterstone for razor honing, so I only use water.
oil based diamond slurry on coticule.
Mean edge.....
Paco's fault!
Mean edge.....
Paco's fault!
What about a category for Legion's love lotion?
Water on Coticule and DMT. Water on Naniwas.
Don't own any other stones...
Don't own any other stones...
Water on coticule and Naniwas, shave lather on my barber hone.
water for me on naturals and whetsones... defanatley lather on my barbers hone...
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
Water but sometimes lather for finishing.
Camellia Oil on my combo coti...blade protectant oil..works flawlessly everytime
Water on coticule, Japanese water stone, and Bavarian slate.
Honing oil on Arkansas, lily white, barber's hones that do not call for lather.
Beyond this, I've heard a lot of good things about using dolphin's milk on coticules. Milk fat, you know...
Honing oil on Arkansas, lily white, barber's hones that do not call for lather.
Beyond this, I've heard a lot of good things about using dolphin's milk on coticules. Milk fat, you know...
Water or water based diamond spray.
I was wondering who would bring that up. I should have known.
There should have been a fifth option
Gross. Nice alliteration. But gross.
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