Hello Wim,
I tried to address this issue in this post. I know it's not a universally shared opinion but I tried to substantiate it with facts/pictures.
I found that not honing after the SJ, even after many passes at a light pressure, left a wire edge. This wire edge is very hard to detect visually, even with a (bad quality) microscope. But a BESS test confirms the impression that the knife is not all that sharp, the test medium even leaves a dent.
So I respectfully disagree with Tormek's statement that honing is superfluous.
And to be honest, I did not find that removing the burr was much faster after grinding with a SJ compared to the standard SG, I just hone as I would with the SG. The looks are awesome though.
I am not sure what you are trying to achieve with the ACC solution on the SJ. If you're "just" trying to skip the water renewal step in between Dx and SJ stone. For sure, the SJ will not rust. Reusing the solution you used with the diamond stone sounds the perfect recipe for embedding steel particles (and even a few diamonds) into the SJ stone, eventually leaving scratch marks which pretty much negates the interest of the SJ stone.
I hope this helps!
Nick.
I tried to address this issue in this post. I know it's not a universally shared opinion but I tried to substantiate it with facts/pictures.
I found that not honing after the SJ, even after many passes at a light pressure, left a wire edge. This wire edge is very hard to detect visually, even with a (bad quality) microscope. But a BESS test confirms the impression that the knife is not all that sharp, the test medium even leaves a dent.
So I respectfully disagree with Tormek's statement that honing is superfluous.
And to be honest, I did not find that removing the burr was much faster after grinding with a SJ compared to the standard SG, I just hone as I would with the SG. The looks are awesome though.
I am not sure what you are trying to achieve with the ACC solution on the SJ. If you're "just" trying to skip the water renewal step in between Dx and SJ stone. For sure, the SJ will not rust. Reusing the solution you used with the diamond stone sounds the perfect recipe for embedding steel particles (and even a few diamonds) into the SJ stone, eventually leaving scratch marks which pretty much negates the interest of the SJ stone.
I hope this helps!
Nick.