Matt Cole

[Matt Cole]

The concept of texturing a ceramic stone (and that it will last) is kind of a revalation for me. In another thread I had asked for a solution for getting ALL of the 1k diamond scratches out faster when moving to ceramics or films or whatever. It seems a coarse textured 1.4 micro fine may be useful. And going back to custom stone combos on paddles, a set with the same 1.4 mic. stone on both sides that could be textured differently would be interesting. Followed by a set with double .6 micron? I suppose the same could be done with two sets of the original combo, just not quite as cool.

[Matt Cole]

That is a great idea.

[Matt Cole]

Wouldn’t it be difficult to keep from contaminating a strop if you have a diamond plate on the other side? Even if it is very fine.

[Matt Cole]

Wow, quite a wormhole this question wandered into. Interesting.

I really like the idea of offering custom combinations of stones on paddles.

And to Clay, as far as ordering off of the website, I think it would be great if we could order replacement parts right off the site. Especially the 2 halves of the vise. I’ve over tightened and bent the tips more than once trying to get a bite on a double edged blade. Still haven’t had much success with that.

[Matt Cole]

Thanks

[Matt Cole]

Where can I buy a base to hold the full size Atoma plates?

[Matt Cole]

Thanks, I just ordered an Atoma 140 and 600. Hopefully I will be content with those for lapping all of my Choseras.

So no one uses the Nagura with their Chosera stones?

[Matt Cole]

They are like $50 cheaper than the DMT Diaflat plates. That’s really the only reason I was leaning that way.

Thanks for the link, A lot of good information, still not done reading all of it yet.

[Matt Cole]

Okay, thanks. Pretty frustrating to put 4 or 5 hours into a knife only to end up with a beautiful blade that won’t cut paper. I have probably been using too much pressure. They are quite tore up anyway. Is there less of this effect with the balsa stropps?

[Matt Cole]

Ya I have been buying full sheets and cutting them down. It is substantially cheaper and I like to have them cut much closer to the size of the blank.

The problem I’m having right now is when I finish with the .3 micron film, the knife is very sharp. But after stropping, 1 and .5 spray on leather then .25 and .125 on kangaroo leather, it’s not as sharp. Much more polished, but really not that sharp.
Has anyone else had this problem? Am I doing something wrong, obviously I am but I don’t see how.

[Matt Cole]

I have been getting the films from Bestsharpeningstones.com. I use the yellow, 12 mic through the white @ .3 in 6 steps total. I bought 3 sets of handles with al blanks from the same site. They last about 3 knives for me but I like that As soon as I get the 1000 diamond scratches out with either 1200 ceramic or the 1.4 mic ceramic, I can go strait to the film progression. Then strop 1 mic down to .125 and have a near perfect mirrored edge with no visible scratches, to the naked eye.

By the way, it is still quite a battle to get those 1000 grit diamond scratches out although I discovered yesterday that it can be done with the 1.4 mic. Micro fine ceramic stones.

The only way I can end up with no visible scratches is to alternate between up and down motions and hilt to tip motions to be sure I have ALL the previous grits scratches out, at least up to the films. Does anyone else do it this way? It seems every time I try to do it all in the same direction, no matter how thurough I think I am being, I end up with a mirror Finish with scattered scratches and scuffs.

[Matt Cole]

I ordered the 800/1000 Chosera and the 2000/3000 Chosera stones yesterday, do you think there is any reason to get the courser Chosera stones if I have the diamond stones through1000. I mean any difference in end result changing to Chosera at 400 as opposed to after the 1000 diamond?

[Matt Cole]

I had come to that conclusion at one point but I think the 1200 ceramic stone still gets the 1000 grit diamond scratches out faster than the micro fine. And my microfine stones are quite a bit newer than the fine as they were back ordered.

[Matt Cole]

That’s the kit I got too. That is an impossible step from 1000 diamond to the microfine ceramic stones.
And I agree a 1200/1600 diamond stone would be great, I like the consistency of the diamond stones. It’s easy to step up through the grits and get all the last grits scratches out. But there probably is a reason they don’t exist.

[Matt Cole]

Thanks for the input.

I think I will order the 800/1000 Chosera stones. Is it easy enough to get the 1000 Chosera scratches out with the 2000 Chosera? Or would the micro fine ceramics be a good enough next step. I really don’t like the 1200/1600 ceramics, they seem crumbly and quite inconsistent, so it would be great if I could get around them.

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