Mini DMT for slurry stones

[Freedom]

So I'm still battling with my Naniwa 1k, I have been using a 6 inch dmt 1200 to slurry but it just seems a bit big.

I was looking at the F70E
http://www.dmtsharp.com/products/other.htm

I am thinking for this instead of a stone because then I am hoping it would be used on the higher grits of Naniwa stones, would this be a good assumption?

 

[danjared]

So I'm still battling with my Naniwa 1k, I have been using a 6 inch dmt 1200 to slurry but it just seems a bit big.

I was looking at the F70E
http://www.dmtsharp.com/products/other.htm

I am thinking for this instead of a stone because then I am hoping it would be used on the higher grits of Naniwa stones, would this be a good assumption?

I would not recommend using anything finer than a DMT course diamond plate for this purpose.

 

[Gamma]

I picked up a little 325 grit DMT for slurry on Super Stones. Works fine for making slurry - but I'm not convinced that the slurry is helping me hone on the 1k.

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2063643/24676/DMT-4--Mini-Diamond-Ski-and-Snowboard-Stone-Coarse.aspx

 

[danjared]

Out of curiosity, what kind of trouble are you (the OP) having exactly with using this hone?

 

[Freedom]

So far as I can see from the Microscope;

If I don't have a slurry it just polishes like a 10k and then gets odd 1k scratches along it.

If I add pressure and do back and forth motions the scratches are deeper than a dmt 325.

Only with slurry and no pressure do you get a nice even scratch pattern.


Then we get to another big problem, if you do x strokes all the slurry falls off the stone rather fast so you have to do near parallel strokes.

 

[Gamma]

Something's up - I use a 1k all the time, without slurry, and it doesn't behave at all like a 10k.
I'm not good at honing yet - but I can get a bevel squared away on a neglected razor or a brand new unsharpened/honed razor pretty quickly with the 1k Super Stone.