Thuringian-like stone

[linguist]

I bought this stone for 1,5€ yesterday. it is so smooth like coticule but i think it is harder. i lapped it with aluminium oxide stone then i dulled my razor on glass to test it. i made milky slurry like coticule but then i made quick rolling half strokes as i read like honing with thuries. after it reached the bevel to cut arm hairs i made 50 x-strokes with the same slurry but diluted with water. it passed the HHT3 withought stropping Then i taped it and made 30 x-strokes.

 

[Doc226]

That's great. Now shave and report.

 

[linguist]

i was playing with my new stone. Guess what? i made additional 20 strokes and overhoned !!! this is the very first time and don't know what to do. i look at the edge with a magnifier and saw half of the edge of the blade was shining at one side. i made an other spine leading 20 strokes. now it's okay. i learned something new.

 

[global_dev]

overhoned, huh? explain a bit more... it isn't exactly clear by "half of edge was shining at one side" 20 more other side and okay... thanks

 

[tomjr]

overhoned???????????

 

[linguist]

i mean after i finished honing i made test strokes using half of the blade (middle and the point). it failed HHT so i looked at the edge with magnifying glass. one side of the edge reflected light the other side didn't. i think the edge rolled. isn't this the sign of overhoning?

 

[global_dev]

isn't rolling an edge indicative of bad honing?

 

[Earcutter]

Oh no here we go lol... Ney, ney, say it isn't overhoned lol : )

Nice looking stone. Glad its working out for you.

 

[Gamma]

Wire edge, one side rolled over.

 

[hig789]

Wire edge, one side rolled over.

I was under the impression that it was nearly impossible to get a wire edge off a natural stone.

 

[Gamma]

I've done it.

Iwasaki references the wire edge in his sharpening guide.. he suggested using Crox (I think) as a fix.

 

[hig789]

I've done it.

Iwasaki references the wire edge in his sharpening guide.. he suggested using Crox (I think) as a fix.

Shows my inexperience. Now that you say that I remember reading that now.

 

[Wid]

I've had a wire edge once. It was off of a Naniwa 12K, I've never had one before or since no matter the stone.

 

[danjared]

I was under the impression that it was nearly impossible to get a wire edge off a natural stone.

It's very easy. Get a fast coticule and do half-strokes on only one side using pressure, preferably concentrated on one part of the razor. It's not that it's impossible but that a beginner following basic techniques should not encounter it under normal circumstances.

 

[rickboone1]

How do you lap on Aluminum Oxide or whatever it was you used?

 

[linguist]

it is a double sided (200 grit and 800 grit) chinese sharpening stone .

 

[global_dev]

when you get a wire edge, isn't the corollary that there is an edge right behind it? isn't that how the wire edge gets to be a wire edge, or am i missing a vital aspect of the process?

 

[linguist]

i found this same stone for 3$ with the small stone at the same place i use it as slurry stone now.Dimesions 4.5x2.5x1 inchand slurry stone is 4x1x1 inch. it looks like below this stone at the escher description page of badgerandblade.