Thread: Couple quick honing questions

The first question I had is how do you hone a SLIGHT frown out.. I have seen some failed attempts and the blade ended up looking like a wave ripple.. I have seen some that look salvageable.. the next is what grit do you use to touch up a blade..i have a 1k and a 4k/8k.. im thinking the 4k but i could be wrong..

Touch up on 8k. Hone the frown so that you hone OUT the frown. Use the search function or Wiki.

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Page 24 of the linked text above.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Page 24 of the linked text above.

thanks alot!

If you have a considerable frown page 24's recommendations won't do. Use a coarse hone that is 3 inches wide and go up and down as long as it takes to remove the frown. Some of us would breadknife the razor before setting the bevel. However breadknifing is not unanimously agreed upon as a good technique. One caveat though: if the blade is warped you'll never be able to remove that frown.

Go to the 1k and hone as usual and keep honing until the frown is gone, be sure to have a fresh roll of electrical tape on hand to tape the spine or suffer the incredible amount of spinewear.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Go to the 1k and hone as usual and keep honing until the frown is gone, be sure to have a fresh roll of electrical tape on hand to tape the spine or suffer the incredible amount of spinewear.

can you explain what a slurry is and used for?

When two hard abrasives are rubbed together the softer of the two will turn into a powder. The hone powder, mixed with water will turn into a slurry. This slurry will sit on top of the lapped hone surface and cut deeper into the metal and will hone the edge faster. It's similar to creating a liquid polishing compound and putting it all over the top of the hone, cutting faster and with more authority. It will usually act like a lower grit stone.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

When two hard abrasives are rubbed together the softer of the two will turn into a powder. The hone powder, mixed with water will turn into a slurry. This slurry will sit on top of the lapped hone surface and cut deeper into the metal and will hone the edge faster. It's similar to creating a liquid polishing compound and putting it all over the top of the hone, cutting faster and with more authority. It will usually act like a lower grit stone.

Alright! you think i should get a slury stone? I have that lapping hone that norton offers with the 220/1k 4k/8k set