60 grit with some mileage
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60 grit with some mileage
Well we always are looking at new stones without any use so I thought I'd show this one - a 60 grit Nubatama... Started out 2 inches thick.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
Is that after you used it once?
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
"Is that after you used it once?"
Just twice Very muddy stone lol.
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Just twice Very muddy stone lol.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
I always love working up enough mud on the 60 to where it not only holds water, but eventually gets thick like a paste. That’s a lot of reps Ken, what you working on there?
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
How do you flatten such a stone?
Which steels does this stone work best on?
Which steels does this stone work best on?
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
This was done by a customer who forges his own steels in a forge. Knowledgeable guy.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
I use either a 24 grit stone or a 46 grit diamond plate to flatten these. These stones work on a wide variety of steels but not that well on high vanadium steels.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
My platinums are my first choice starting at 150 grit, very consistent for a very wide array of steels.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
It is a custom plate that I carry. Very fast. I also use it to flatten badly dished stones etc. It does produce a coarse scratch pattern but it gets things done. You might finish your surfaces with a 140 grit plate afterwards. Here's a 46 grit plate flattening a 150 bamboo for reference.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
Ahh and this was me. I am the bladesmith that he mentioned. That is my beloved asphalt stone that I shall never see another of again. It breaks my heart learning of his passing and not.interacting with him here.
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Re: 60 grit with some mileage
This was the blade I was working on
I use all of his synthetics when making nihonto inspired work, honyaki and sanmai. His stones were more or less the foundation of my work. I'm really hurt by his passing. Emotionally and professionally. RIP.
I use all of his synthetics when making nihonto inspired work, honyaki and sanmai. His stones were more or less the foundation of my work. I'm really hurt by his passing. Emotionally and professionally. RIP.