When it comes to using different lubricants other than just water, what have you tried and the results following. I myself like adding a couple drops of dish soap when trying to push a stone to its limits. If you have used oils, what kinds and what worked best for you?
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08-13-2012, 08:51 PM #1
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Lubrication and honing
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08-13-2012, 09:03 PM #2
Has a habit of excess nib licking
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I am a media dependent dependant... Water on the coticule, lather on the barber hone (just for for fun), oil on the arkansas, and soap on lapping film.
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Depends on the stone.
Oil (Think it's a synthetic though) on oilstones, Water on dmt's. Water or slurry on everything else. Tried lather once or twice on a few stones, didn't make an appreciable difference vs water.-Ian S.
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08-13-2012, 11:22 PM #4
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Usually just water, but lately I have been adding a squirt of dish soap at the end and have noticed good things.
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08-14-2012, 03:24 AM #5
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Water mostly but I also use oil and Smiths honing solution on an Arkansas stone.
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Water.
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08-14-2012, 07:41 AM #7
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I only use a Norton waterstone for razor honing, so I only use water.
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08-14-2012, 08:57 AM #8
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oil based diamond slurry on coticule.
Mean edge.....
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08-14-2012, 10:14 AM #9
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What about a category for Legion's love lotion?
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08-14-2012, 11:54 AM #10
Has a habit of excess nib licking
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Originally Posted by Seraphim
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08-14-2012, 11:59 AM #11
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Water on Coticule and DMT. Water on Naniwas.
Don't own any other stones...
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08-14-2012, 12:20 PM #12
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Water on coticule and Naniwas, shave lather on my barber hone.
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08-14-2012, 01:24 PM #13
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water for me on naturals and whetsones... defanatley lather on my barbers hone...
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08-14-2012, 02:56 PM #14
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Water but sometimes lather for finishing.
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08-14-2012, 03:00 PM #15
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Camellia Oil on my combo coti...blade protectant oil..works flawlessly everytime
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08-14-2012, 03:09 PM #16
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Water on coticule, Japanese water stone, and Bavarian slate.
Honing oil on Arkansas, lily white, barber's hones that do not call for lather.
Beyond this, I've heard a lot of good things about using dolphin's milk on coticules. Milk fat, you know...Wales is not like Arkansas in any way (with apologies to John Cale).
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08-14-2012, 05:17 PM #17
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08-14-2012, 07:02 PM #18
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Originally Posted by Seraphim
I was wondering who would bring that up. I should have known.
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There should have been a fifth option Originally Posted by legion
I was wondering who would bring that up. I should have known."Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." -Thomas A. Edison
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08-15-2012, 05:32 PM #20
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Gross. Nice alliteration. But gross. Originally Posted by Seraphim
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