Thread: Proper activities for a first date w/ jnat

Zeth, Thank You!!

That IS a nice looking stone.

Your photos do help alot. I would have called that a light slurry, but as you say - the variation is huge.

I took a blade already done on water back to the slurry until it was sticking to the blade, doing circles. 1/2 a spritz and the back & forth strokes until sticky again, then 2 squirts and I didn't quite take it to being dry. TPT was again underwhelming (no hht done), but a small test patch of atg was quite promising - a full shave will happen within the hour - will update. Even in this test, with no beard prep - just wet the beard, rub some soap mixed w/ hand cream for glide - the blade angles possible w/ this stone are noteworthy. I first noticed it w/ the Williams blade, but atg of 30+ degrees is not uncommon. I don't know if I'm discovering what everyone else already knows, but that's never been possible w/ blades off the other rock.

Interestingly, Yamashita-san writes that many people have reported back to him that dry laps have proven very effective. I'm assuming these would be the last finishing strokes after slurry and then water. I took one blade I was already shaving with and gave it 20 laps dry. That blade was immediately smoother. With the feel of the tpt & hht on the williams blade, finished by the honorable Riooso - it does seem like these tests must be taken as secondary indicators, making one more dependent ultimately on a full shave test.

Test results in a moment.

Just silly smooth. Sharp enough to do the job w/ no complaints or apologies. I gave minimal laps on water only & no dry laps, so I expect more performance can be obtained. 'Just a really really pleasant shave. I'll do more experimentation with slurry - and alot lighter than I've used in the past, and alot less water.