...that I'm about to fall victim to Honing Acquisition Syndrome.
I was PIF'd an excellent base stone by my mentor, and I have 4 stages of Naguras, plus two different Tomos. The base stone itself is a Level 5 in hardness, and it's slick.
I am achieving a very satisfactory edge with what I have. The dreamer in me (or child that screams WANT WANT WANT!), is considering getting another base stone. Coticule? Black Surgical Ark? I don't know.
Would you folks out there agree that experimenting with a few different Tomos first, would be tantamount to a different base stone?
After reading for nearly 5 months, I understand there are many routes I can take. I could go Shapton (after bevel set) to just par 30K (or maybe TO 30K) and finish with a Tomo slurry, but don't quite feel like I know enough yet to make a mental comparison about a jumping point from synthetic 30K to a slurry--or if I'd be going down in "grit size."
I do know this--I do not wish to shave off a synthetic finisher, and diamonds are not for me.
Is there a coticule that rivals the fineness of a Tomo slurry?
Is there a natural stone out there that is itself a finisher?
I dream of a stone that I can finish my edge on using only water. I don't know if that exists.
They say of religion, the closer one gets to God, the further away he realizes he is.
I have so many more questions than answers. The more I understand, it seems the more confused I am about the next step--or if there should even BE a next step.
I was PIF'd an excellent base stone by my mentor, and I have 4 stages of Naguras, plus two different Tomos. The base stone itself is a Level 5 in hardness, and it's slick.
I am achieving a very satisfactory edge with what I have. The dreamer in me (or child that screams WANT WANT WANT!), is considering getting another base stone. Coticule? Black Surgical Ark? I don't know.
Would you folks out there agree that experimenting with a few different Tomos first, would be tantamount to a different base stone?
After reading for nearly 5 months, I understand there are many routes I can take. I could go Shapton (after bevel set) to just par 30K (or maybe TO 30K) and finish with a Tomo slurry, but don't quite feel like I know enough yet to make a mental comparison about a jumping point from synthetic 30K to a slurry--or if I'd be going down in "grit size."
I do know this--I do not wish to shave off a synthetic finisher, and diamonds are not for me.
Is there a coticule that rivals the fineness of a Tomo slurry?
Is there a natural stone out there that is itself a finisher?
I dream of a stone that I can finish my edge on using only water. I don't know if that exists.
They say of religion, the closer one gets to God, the further away he realizes he is.
I have so many more questions than answers. The more I understand, it seems the more confused I am about the next step--or if there should even BE a next step.