I reccomend it.
Thank you! Does it need to be "broke in", I saw you said you ran a chisel or file over your 600 to do this?
Had a bunch of razors that came in on Thursday so I decided to finish them on lapping film.
DMT, 4K/8K (with slurry) and then 9, 5, 3, 1, .3 lapping film. Went easy at first (10 laps on each). The results were good but they weren't ready. Went back and did 20 more on each film and they came out very nice.
Used a $1.87 piece of marble tile from the lumber yard. Cut it to 3" x 12" (or so) and mounted it on a 2 x 4 with epoxy. Did the wet paper under the film thing for the .3 film. Seemed to work fine. I agree that you have a nice feel when using the film. For the first time using them, I would say I had a success. I'll be interested in seeing how long the film lasts. I did eight razors - only used 1/3 of a sheet of each size and the pieces I used are fine - showing some dark but nothing serious.
They won't replace my basic stones - setting bevels or the initial work takes more horsepower.
Compare the Spartan simplicity of a lapping film setup to the tabletop full of stones, lapping, pots of water etc. that standard honing may entail.
Nothing wrong with that, they are just very different ways to approach the same goal
How much is the shipping from Thorlabs? I asked them about a year ago, and they said 30 euro for 2x10 pack of lapping film from München to Hungary...
Did I get a wrong price, or everyone else is OK with these prices?
Is there anything particularly different about the way you would go about honing a kamisori with these films?
Are they delivering that by train personally??
Munich to Debrecen isn't terribly far.
http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Scary_Sharpening.html
€2 delivery to Ireland, somebody here put the link up the other night.
Sheets are roughly €3 each
Order Sub-Total: | € 23,32 | |
Shipping: | (UPS Standard) | € 35,60 |
VAT: | € 11,19 | |
Order Grand Total: | € 70,11 |
...this information is very interesting....
......but to the novice (yes, that is me)......... it would be great if someone could do a quick video of the lapping film being used...
........it would help.........A LOT............
Brian..
I hone my kamis the exact same way on film as on stones... Same count same everything...
Give it a shot
Has anyone compared different brands of lapping film (3M...etc)?
So, I tried this stuff out for the first time today. Not really having a clue what I was doing. Took a few that needed touch ups and one the just needed some umph added to it.
The ones that needed more, I started lowest grit. Started with the 5 funny um, then 3, then 1, then .3. Some got all 4, others got 1.
Test shave. One word. Remarkafreakinble. This is truly amazing stuff. If you like a nice smooth shave, this is it.