Honing advise
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Gamma, you should copy that post and post it in the already existing Sticky thread "Honing. What you need to know"
It is worth saving for posterity. It's clear, philosophical, and non-partisan. Well done.
It is worth saving for posterity. It's clear, philosophical, and non-partisan. Well done.
Very nice job Gamma.
Save yourself some cash and just buy a 6/13k Sigma over gluing the 8/12k Nani's together.
Great post Keith! That pretty much sums up all your common options.
Anyone just getting in to honing or thinking of making their first purchase should read that.
Anyone just getting in to honing or thinking of making their first purchase should read that.
Does the TI white improve the edge coming off a JNat?
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Hmmmmm. You only made it one day.
If the answers frighten you, Vincent, then I should cease asking scary questions?
Or something like that?
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I guess, to answer that accurately - it would depend on who honed the Jnat edge in question, and the actual edge in question.
In my experience, TI white actually mellows out my JNat edges.
Interesting. I need to try some. I'm still searching for the smoothness in my jnats. I know it's there...just having trouble getting to it.
I'll send you some David.
Cool, thanks Nelson!
Ti White paste, I stumbled across it years ago. I put it on cotton hanging strop. I was really struggling with keenness issues coming of the dilucot method . I hit the ti paste for twenty laps and I was also amazed at how sharp my razor was. The razor was pinging hairs all over mid way. It is good stuff.
then I got my first and best coticule edge, guess what ? I thought bart was right paste does not improve a maxed out coticule edge. There is no doubt ti White paste is good stuff but I still prefer the edge of the coticule and for what I,ve tryed with docs edges of j nats paste can not improve the smoothness nor keenness.
this is what I have found just throught trial and error.
gary
then I got my first and best coticule edge, guess what ? I thought bart was right paste does not improve a maxed out coticule edge. There is no doubt ti White paste is good stuff but I still prefer the edge of the coticule and for what I,ve tryed with docs edges of j nats paste can not improve the smoothness nor keenness.
this is what I have found just throught trial and error.
gary
Were you getting any kind of HHT off the coti before the paste?
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Not when the job was done correctly on the jnat. I have tried crox and both .5 and .25 diamond sprays on various medias. They leave harsh edges for me. The TI white paste seems to mimic a "natural" edge.
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I will put in a simple word of advice.
It doesn't matter what stones you use, if you don't set the bevel correctly, then it doesn't matter what stones, strops, pastes or sprays you use after.
It doesn't matter what stones you use, if you don't set the bevel correctly, then it doesn't matter what stones, strops, pastes or sprays you use after.
