Thread: Using high grit Japanese hones to sharpen razor

At first i should say i haven't descovered this method. it has been done 1000 years ago. i hear about this from Jim while we were chatting. i did try this method and it does work great.
what i have used
Natural Japanese hone appr 20 k level
small course yellow stone
next yellow small a little finer
then i used dmt to make natural stones slurry
Last small stone is an Escher
Rasor is Droescher hand forged
Result were excellent.
i made mistake not to record audio. set up was wrong.
hope this will help someone.

YouTube - vi1

YouTube - vi1 02

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3NpJ3rIMlg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_H0cUwAj4

I did add rest of the video.

Hi Sham,
Why does the escher go after natural slurry? Good video and nice hunk of Japan!
M

I could be mistaken, but it looks and sounds like Sham is using slurries from various stones on top of a very fine Japanese hone. So it's like moving through a progression of pastes, but on stones instead. The hones used to create the slurries are progressivly finer, so the escher must have been used after something that was a bit more coarse than the escher.

Or maybe we should wait to hear from Sham...

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I could be mistaken, but it looks and sounds like Sham is using slurries from various stones on top of a very fine Japanese hone. So it's like moving through a progression of pastes, but on stones instead. The hones used to create the slurries are progressivly finer, so the escher must have been used after something that was a bit more coarse than the escher.

Or maybe we should wait to hear from Sham...

yes that is the exact process . An Escher is finer then natural stone in the picture.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

yes that is the exact process . An Escher is finer then natural stone in the picture.

So, the Japanese natural is used as a lapping plate and you are using the stones to make your own lapping compounds. Interesting

Thank You Sham. I am trying to learn more about natural stones. I have two eschers, one is light grey and other is darker and both are lower grit ones that is what made me confused.

Originally Posted by Kingfish

lower grit ones that is what made me confused.

I think You mean higher grit ones?

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

I think You mean higher grit ones?

No I meant what I said. My eschers are both too coarse for me to shave off with much comfort where shaving off the Nakayama is fantastic.Then again I don't know how to use naturals too well so please don't let me take you off your lesson. Thanks.
Mike

Don't feel bad i assure you 95 % Escher owner 's uses it wrong. An Escher is not sharpening stone.
if you need help send pm.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

Don't feel bad i assure you 95 % Escher owner 's uses it wrong. An Escher is not sharpening stone.
if you need help send pm.

You got me here Sham: I think ALL stones sharpen to some degree, just some do it much much slower, e.g. the Escher in question.