Impromptu visit to Ardennes workshop and a new Les Lateneuses

[IsaacRN]

just use a regular slurry stone. Bart has said many times that the type of slurry stone doesnt have to match the coticule. I had a veinette haning around and used that on the hybrid. I didnt notice any type of issues, other than a great edge.

 

[garyhaywood]

Do you use another hybrid slurry stone to raise the slurry, or any old coticule slurry stone? I got given a les latneuses slurry stone and have tried to get it to make hybrid/hybrid slurry and can't get it to raise anything at all.

I've noticed that the hybrid with water seems to improve the edge, but kind of gave up on any kind of slurry because I was trying to make it with hybrid-hybrid rubbing.

Cheers

Squeezy

I can answer that as, i have a hybrid slurry stone, I could barley raize a slurry if any. thats when i realized how damm hard the hybrid side was. By using a normal coticule , yellow side which is what you need. I have rubbed the nearest coticule on mine, or what ever yellow slurry stone. Most of the slurry will come from your slurry stone, regardless the hone always cuts the same and works the same. Just rub a coticule or yellow slurry stone on the surface, be carful not to scartach the surface, i have plenty of times.

gary

 

[Aquanin]

OK I am a believer. I just honed up a Red Imp wedge on the Hybrid side only. Crazy. Once slurry is on there, it gives that great abrasive feedback then really sticks to the hone towards the end. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Disburden]

OK I am a believer. I just honed up a Red Imp wedge on the Hybrid side only. Crazy. Once slurry is on there, it gives that great abrasive feedback then really sticks to the hone towards the end. Thanks for the suggestions.

it seems to me that raising slurry the this hybrid side is like raising slurry on a very hard j nat stone. You need to probably use a diamond plate or just raise slurry from your own coticule slurry stone and use the stone itself as a platform base.

 

[garyhaywood]

OK I am a believer. I just honed up a Red Imp wedge on the Hybrid side only. Crazy. Once slurry is on there, it gives that great abrasive feedback then really sticks to the hone towards the end. Thanks for the suggestions.

it seems to me that raising slurry the this hybrid side is like raising slurry on a very hard j nat stone. You need to probably use a diamond plate or just raise slurry from your own coticule slurry stone and use the stone itself as a platform base.

thats just it, you use the coticule as a base, my hybrid does make slurry , very thin, i do actauly tend to use my slightly harder slurry stone, but it does not matter. I don't use dmt. only for lapping. i find i don't get as nice a results after lapping, it takes a thew honing s for my coti's to get back to normal after lapping especialy my lpb. So i avoid the dmt 325 fopr raizing slurry,thats just me.

gary

 

[jkh]

Great thead! I had to run and grab my Les Latneuses to hone a razor. Dilucoted on the the creamy side to evaluate the speed (it had been a long while since I last used this stone). It is fast on slurry and fast on water, very easy to use to achieve to a keen edge. If memory serves the creamy side leaves a pretty brisk edge. My stone also has the blue/gray lines running along the side and there is also a beautiful streak of black dots on the creamy side. Hybrid side is typical and very, very hard. I can raise a slurry on my hybrid side with the right slurry stone. I have a small La Grosse Blanche slurry stone that raises crazy amounts of slurry on any Coticule and the hybrid side of this Les Latneuses is no exception. I struggle to raise slurry on the hybrid side with any of my other slurry stones I can't wait to try dilucoting on the hybrid side since so many of you have been talking about it. Pics were taken with my phone:

 

[Bart]

Jeremy,

that is tehe typical side view of what I called a "fast band Les Latneuses" earlier on in this thread. There isn't that much blue striping but some streaks of hybrid, which is common for the side view of the fast band. The "slow band" (which isn't that slow, but slower than the fast band), has usually several blue hairlines running at the side.
The fast ones with a pinkish hue that I have tested were always strikingly fast on water. The ones with no pinkish hue weren't.
Fast finishers all seem to leave a typically "brisk" very keen edge.

Kind regards,
Bart.

 

[Bart]

Here are some bad pics from my iPhone:

Russel, I'm practically certain that also yours is a "fast band". Again, the lines are he sale as the hybrid stuff, not a series of very thin blue lines.

Kind regards,
Bart.

 

[Aquanin]

Thanks Bart, regardless, I need to use this hone more. I got addicted to my LPB and BBW, looks like the hybrid side is going to be getting a lot of attention now.

 

[jkh]

Jeremy,

that is tehe typical side view of what I called a "fast band Les Latneuses" earlier on in this thread. There isn't that much blue striping but some streaks of hybrid, which is common for the side view of the fast band. The "slow band" (which isn't that slow, but slower than the fast band), has usually several blue hairlines running at the side.
The fast ones with a pinkish hue that I have tested were always strikingly fast on water. The ones with no pinkish hue weren't.
Fast finishers all seem to leave a typically "brisk" very keen edge.

Kind regards,
Bart.

Aha! I was confusing the streaks of hybrid for the blue lines (note: I have a tough time discerning some blues from gray and dark navy blues from black, my wife likes to tease me about it quite a bit).

The ERN Crown and Sword I honed up last night shaved like a dream this morning. The edge was very keen and quite brisk. The aftershave was a bit more bracing today than normal, but there was no razor burn and trouble areas are just as smooth as my cheeks. :thumbup:

Isaac, let's see your stone. Russell and John, beautiful specimens!

 

[IsaacRN]

Excuse the fast photos, but here it is

 

[squeezyjohn]

Hello - calling all Les Latneueses users (Gary - your advice especially would be appreciated if you have the time)

So I've been having a go on the hybrid side using slurry from the creamy side of the Les Lat slurry stone I have, and I have to say that this is the first time I have ever noticed the "feedback" effect of the stone being grabbed in this way - it's almost as if the friction/suction holds the razor to the stone like glue and I'm in danger of cutting myself at the end of the stroke when it comes off!

So - I've never known how one uses this sort of feedback. Do you keep going with the friction and it gets more "slippery" as you achieve keenness? Or does it start off slippery and get more sticky as you approach keenness (I think this is the right way round)?

If so - I've done lots of laps on water at the end - and can't get any kind of HHT off the stone. Do I need to do lots of light x strokes on water? Or do I keep with the pressure that makes it feel sticky?

Any advice would be really gratefully received as this stone - especially the hybrid is very different to my other ones.

Cheers

Squeezy