I was sent an 8K Edge Pro Stone in a 400 box. What Material ?

Wowbagger Wowbagger for what it's worth I was not suggesting you pay the difference, or shipping. I expected you would receive a prepaid shipping label, and if a replacement were not possible a refund.
 
Mr.Wizard said:
That's a speed skate sharpening stone? How does it compare to Crystolon?
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As a stand alone stone it is not as good.

But...as a vitreous stone billed to be good with water or oil, it works great with water. Has very good feedback and cuts very fast with comparatively little burr formation. If you tinker with it and use a few trailing passes to finish followed by a hard strop you can eke out a respectable utility edge compared to my Crystalon which can treetop a few hairs with the same treatment.

The kicker, it is very fast. The coarse side has to be dressed with loose SiC grit every so often (the fine side refreshes itself perfectly), but is an absolute beast - the fastest grinding bench stone I own and sheds very little grit. Makes it feasible to charge $5 for a hand-sharpened Chef's knife no matter how hammered it is to start. Coarse side, fine side, microbevel with the G8, a few passes on a Washboard strop with plain paper or a slight blush of compound - if the steel is any good it will be easily treetopping hairs if not whittling them in well under 10 minutes.

For most stainless it has replaced all my other set-up stones. For High VC I reach for my diamond plates, woodworking tools my Suzuki Ya stones, everything else gets the Foss and the G8.
 
Konstantin Martynenko :
I cannot get my mail to work.
I'll have to use my partner's e-mail so maybe tomorrow night.
 
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Gritomatic said:
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Gritomatic SiC #600 is equal to Boride CS-HD 400 in term of grit. CS-HD 400 will return in March.
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e-mail sent from my partner's email; look for
From : Lisa
Subject : Wowbagger BF etc . . .
 
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Blues said:
Pause to add that Wowbagger has 5678 posts. You don't see that sequence every day.
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Thanks for pointing that out !
And . . . who'd a thought I would make it this far without getting banned ? ? ? :rolleyes::)
A double celebration.
Speaking of weird number patterns . . . very often when my partner or I look at the clock it is "11:11". I'm serious . . . never 11:12 or 11:10 but 11:11.
AM or PM doesn't matter. Freeks me out a little.
 
Gritomatic said:
Temporarily unavailable.
Gritomatic SiC #600 is equal to Boride CS-HD 400 in term of grit. CS-HD 400 will return in March.
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Mr. Martynenko :

This is the LINK>>>> to the rope cutting tests you asked for.
Page down until you see :
Same method as above, but with a coarse edge, 400 grit congress Silicone carbide, more optimal edge finish for max edge retention to highlight the differences in the steels.
 
HeavyHanded HeavyHanded I could use a good roughing stone and that Foss one sounds nice, but at $56.50 shipped it's out of my range. I found a pair of 10" #120/#180 DMD diamond plates on amazon for $25: amazon.com/gp/product/B07H4T6SPK What do you think of this option?
 
Mr.Wizard said:
HeavyHanded HeavyHanded I could use a good roughing stone and that Foss one sounds nice, but at $56.50 shipped it's out of my range. I found a pair of 10" #120/#180 DMD diamond plates on amazon for $25: amazon.com/gp/product/B07H4T6SPK What do you think of this option?
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At that price if they work and hold up you'll need to do a review thread! A good roughing stone is a rare jewel.
 
HeavyHanded said:
At that price if they work and hold up you'll need to do a review thread! A good roughing stone is a rare jewel.
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This is a little off topic but kind of on as well.
I was fooling around with toothyness and decided to take my Norton 220 (you know that grey, worthless door stop they call a sharpening stone ?) to work and sharpen my box knife with it. The box knife was not all that dull . . . I was fooling around.
I just made the edge worse. I even, in desperation, put a good deal of oil on the stone (the stone I was using is just a little hunk off the end of the large stone). Lets just say the edge was less than impressive.

Today I took my Shapton Pro 120 stone to work (I love this stone ! ! !).
A few passes and the edge was shaving hair.

Kind of what you said . . . when you find a good'n you know it. ;)
 
Wowbagger said:
This is a little off topic but kind of on as well.
I was fooling around with toothyness and decided to take my Norton 220 (you know that grey, worthless door stop they call a sharpening stone ?) to work and sharpen my box knife with it. The box knife was not all that dull . . . I was fooling around.
I just made the edge worse. I even, in desperation, put a good deal of oil on the stone (the stone I was using is just a little hunk off the end of the large stone). Lets just say the edge was less than impressive.

Today I took my Shapton Pro 120 stone to work (I love this stone ! ! !).
A few passes and the edge was shaving hair.

Kind of what you said . . . when you find a good'n you know it. ;)
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Yeah, I'd like to sit down with the folk(s) that came up with that composition and hear why they went with what is for the most part a totally useless stone.

I have gotten some OK edges off of it as a stand-alone, but it was pretty much 100% edge trailing. Honestly that entire set seems designed to use in a progression all the way or don't bother - the 8k is a really nice stone.
 
HeavyHanded said:
Yeah, I'd like to sit down with the folk(s) that came up with that composition and hear why they went with what is for the most part a totally useless stone.

I have gotten some OK edges off of it as a stand-alone, but it was pretty much 100% edge trailing. Honestly that entire set seems designed to use in a progression all the way or don't bother - the 8k is a really nice stone.
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You said it.
 
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