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I have a lot of stones. When it comes to sharpening gear, I shoot my credit card first, and ask questions (and pay bills! Oh, the bills!) later.
That's how I know that the Nanohone resin-bonded diamond stones are something different. Very different. They feel like hard rubber. They look like a web weaved from strands. What are these strange creations?
I've been trying to figure that out for months. It can take me a long time to figure out a JNat, but this was just unreasonable.
I still don't quite have it, but I have found something for which they are absolutely perfect: a straight razor made from CPM-M4, a hard tool steel with lots of carbides, but they are small carbides.
Honing this razor has been an ongoing struggle. Ceramic stones struggle to make an impression. Diamonds (or CBN) are the thing, but they leave such deep scratches, and such ragged edges.
So I put my razor on the 10 micron (~1500 grit) Nanohone, and darned if it did not make a near mirror polish on the thing, once I was done with the soft leading-edge strokes. 10 microns! And the edge was super keen, like I get off of the Shapton Glass 1000 on a carbon-steel razor, when I take the trouble to get the bevel-set perfect. I think I might even be able to move directly to their 1 micron stone from here (though it's a pity that they don't make a 5).
I am impressed. But it merely gives me a hint that these stones are very worthy for some purposes. What uses have you found for them?
That's how I know that the Nanohone resin-bonded diamond stones are something different. Very different. They feel like hard rubber. They look like a web weaved from strands. What are these strange creations?
I've been trying to figure that out for months. It can take me a long time to figure out a JNat, but this was just unreasonable.
I still don't quite have it, but I have found something for which they are absolutely perfect: a straight razor made from CPM-M4, a hard tool steel with lots of carbides, but they are small carbides.
Honing this razor has been an ongoing struggle. Ceramic stones struggle to make an impression. Diamonds (or CBN) are the thing, but they leave such deep scratches, and such ragged edges.
So I put my razor on the 10 micron (~1500 grit) Nanohone, and darned if it did not make a near mirror polish on the thing, once I was done with the soft leading-edge strokes. 10 microns! And the edge was super keen, like I get off of the Shapton Glass 1000 on a carbon-steel razor, when I take the trouble to get the bevel-set perfect. I think I might even be able to move directly to their 1 micron stone from here (though it's a pity that they don't make a 5).
I am impressed. But it merely gives me a hint that these stones are very worthy for some purposes. What uses have you found for them?