Thuringian-like stone

**linguist** · 05-22-2012, 05:23 AM

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** · 05-22-2012, 06:09 AM

That's great. Now shave and report.

**linguist** · 05-22-2012, 07:50 AM

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** · 05-22-2012, 01:33 PM

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** · 05-22-2012, 01:43 PM

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

**linguist** · 05-22-2012, 02:19 PM

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** · 05-22-2012, 02:33 PM

isn't rolling an edge indicative of bad honing?

**Earcutter** · 05-22-2012, 03:07 PM

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

Nice looking stone. Glad its working out for you.

**Gamma** · 05-22-2012, 04:38 PM

Wire edge, one side rolled over.

**hig789** · 05-22-2012, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Gamma

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** · 05-22-2012, 05:37 PM

I've done it.

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

**hig789** · 05-22-2012, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Gamma

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** · 05-22-2012, 06:26 PM

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** · 05-22-2012, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by hig789

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** · 05-22-2012, 06:56 PM

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

**linguist** · 05-22-2012, 09:34 PM

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

**global_dev** · 05-23-2012, 07:44 AM

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** · 05-24-2012, 05:09 AM

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.