Hand Tools Archive 2006

Subject:
More questions, Oil? Water?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA
>I'm full of questions tonight. Received my water honing slips/cones and assumed their water stones (go figure). The instructions say I can soak in water for 3 min. or honing oil before use. I'm so confused, I gotta pick one medium. Does anybody know the pros/cons with water or oil?
Also if the answer is oil (yea a bad topic now, I know...) what would you use?

© 1998 - 2012 by Ellis Walentine. All rights reserved.
No parts of this web site may be reproduced in any form or by
any means without the written permission of the publisher.

WOODCENTRAL, P.O. BOX 493, SPRINGTOWN, PA 18081