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Workable Waterstone Grit Sequence?

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Workable Waterstone Grit Sequence?

#1

Workable Waterstone Grit Sequence?

Joe Hurst

>All-

For no apparent reason, my 1000/6000 combo stone cracked in half (I don't think it froze...I keep in in a plastic bin in my office).

I'm now planning to "spread out my risk" by buying 2 (or 3) single-grit stones. That way, if one breaks, it won't take another along for the ride.

I still have my 8000 Norton, so I'm looking for a coarse/medium combination, perhaps a 1000 (I prefer to grind rather than go coarser)and a 4000? Or do I still need use 6000 before stepping up to my 8000?

Thanks in advance,

Joe

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Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>The way they do it at Rosewood Studio is to go from the grinder to a 1000 stone to a 6000 or 8000 stone. I was skeptical at first, but it does work. Keep in mind that they do a minimum of work on the stones, just a micro-bevel plus a back bevel. Shaping is done on the grinder. All freehand (i.e. no jigs).

There are situations where I will still use honing jigs, namely all the flat blades with no camber, and no hollow grind.

DC

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#3

Me too.

David Barnett - SW Florida

>Exactly how I was taught, as well, and that was when King brand stones were considered somewhat exotic on the east coast. Used to work, too, but nowadays I'm told you need several intermediary grits to get the same results.

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John Hoffman

>Count me in, you can go from 1,000 to 8,000 which is what I do. I think Chris Schwarz wrote about this in Pop Wood. It was detailed along with the ruler trick.

Apologies to David C, if he was the one who wrote about it. Either way it works.

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#5

Nah. (was Re: Me too.)

David W. Dougherty

>I still have two King stones I bought about a year and half ago that are still doing what I need them to do: 800 and 8000. They're almost ready to be chucked, 'cause they're getting awfully thin, but the 800/8000 combo is still killer.

BTW, IMHO, the top-end King 8000 is far and away the best 8000 stone I've used when compared to Norton and a coupla others that I can't remember now. I will more than likely switch to Norton 1000s for the bottom end, but I will definitely buy another King 8000.

Everybody's mileage varys a bit, doesn't it? :)

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#6

Re: Nah. (was Re: Me too.)

David Barnett - SW Florida

>Actually, that was an attempt at irony, heh. Although I rarely use waterstones these days, I always liked King brand just fine. I've tried many, both naturally quarried and otherwise, but never thought the differences mattered enough, except for Shapton, which I do not care for (many do, of course). I use a lot of loose grit, pastes, diamond laps nowadays.

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#7

HSS and beyond

Bob Hackett(Mainely,Bob)

>I`m assuming that we`re talking O1 here?This sequence seems about right for that application.

How about cranking alittle HSS into the mix?What say you then?

MB

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