Thread: "Tom, I can hone that razor in one stroke!"

More pics...sorry it took so long, believe it or not, I misplaced the hone and had to search for it!

water absorbs into stone very slowly, and after the sheen comes up, hardly at all.

Any positive ID as to what type of stone this is other than simply big?

Looks like a piece of concrete. :P

I honestly dont have a clue. I had hoped maybe one of you guys had some ideas? its mighty smooth for Concrete Joe. Its not quite at the Norton 8k level. I'm putting it between 6 and 8 , depending perhaps on water, oil or who knows what else I might try! I bought it on the bay, thinking it would be med-med fine, to sharpen up chef knives for my favorite restaurant in town. I didnt expect it to be useful for razors. Who Knew?!?

And no, I still have not figured out how to lap the somnabich!

Can you show pictures once one of the sides is lapped? Can you show pictures of that indent on the side? Those red marks look like they are artifficial. Am I wrong? How hard is the hone to lap?

I thought this stone felt familiar. it is VERY similar to my Bear Creek Oil and Water stone. Bear Creek is slightly lighter shade, but does have similar "rust spots" on the side, and basic texture/behaviors.
I was never able to find any info on the Bear Creek. The pictures I posted of the big hone with water and slurry, are of areas that I have lapped best I could without a table top sized sheet of wetdry! There is small "sparkles" in the stone, perhaps some sort of mica? the red spots only show up on the sides of the stone. which is what made me think they might be rust stains. Simply not present on the lapped surfaces. here are some photos of the Bear Creek hone

For flatenning and lapping of this size hones i found that you have two options. Either lapping table (glass, granite top) and grits of different grit or cut sandbelts of differnt grit glued to the worktop.
However I have suspicion that your stone is manmade (reconstituted).

even if it IS man made, its still a very good stone. cut sandbelts, I had not thought of that! I might be able to manage a large flat kitchen counter top to do that on.

Just use double sided carpet tape to atach it with.