FIRST HONING!

**poona** · 07-02-2007, 09:24 PM

I received today my 3 belgian coticule stones and was therefor able to sharpen and razor I bought a while ago that I had subsequently dulled.

In the meantime I used a loan razor from a very generous man by the name of Izlat that I cant thank enough for his kindness.

Okay, so my first hone you must be wondering how much did I wrecked my razor?!

Well, this is the anwser : NOT AT ALL!! infact, it's incredibly sharp again, just like when I received it from Alex 'LX_Emergency'. I have just had an amazing close BBS shave just now with no burn. I really cant believe my luck to be honest guys.

I watched Alex's honing vid and basically just copied everything he did and voila, my razor is super sharp.

The first time I finished with the hone about 2 hours ago, I stropped on the Linen and Leather but it tugged and pulled on my beard.

So I went back to the hone and this time used the Blue Coticule for a few passes then back to the yellow and afterwards stropped it about x60 passes. Again, it tugged and pulled but I noticed a huge difference.

I went back to the coticule for a third time and realised why it wasn't sharpening was due to the lack of slurry I had produced on my brand spanking new stone. So after rubbing it for a good few minutes, I created a fantastic slurry and repeated the whole process from start to finish.

The blade on my Solingen WUG is now incredibly sharp and I guess im just lucky to have picked up honing so quickly.

I just want to make a few shouts out ...

... firstly to Izlat for the lend of his Genco razor (which he is selling for anyone new who wants a fantastic Shave Ready razor in awesome condition)

and secondly to LX_Emergency aka Alex for his brilliantly informative honing video which you can catch on google video.

I've had an amazing night gents.

Shave safe :P

Graham.

**poona** · 07-02-2007, 09:34 PM

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**SteveS** · 07-02-2007, 09:51 PM

Is LX's google video handle "plexuss"? If not, could you point us to his videos, please.

**poona** · 07-02-2007, 10:14 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...video+coticule

**Jimbo** · 07-02-2007, 10:48 PM

That's great Graham - congratulations

Where'd you pick up the Belgiums - Howard at theperfectedge?

James.

**xman** · 07-03-2007, 06:59 AM

There you go! You're man now my son. Keep at it and you'll discover what scary sharp is like. It's a great way to shave, isn't it?

X

**roughrider** · 07-03-2007, 07:29 AM

What size coticules did you get?

**poona** · 07-03-2007, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jimbo

That's great Graham - congratulations

Where'd you pick up the Belgiums - Howard at theperfectedge?

James.

Yes Howard is the provider.

I ordered ...

6" x 2" (150mm x 50mm) $ 74.95 - Belgian yellow
6" x 2" (150mm x 50mm) $ 33.95 - Belgian blue
Cotigura Rubbing Stone - a small piece of coticule used to start the
abrasive slurry $18.00

**BrianP** · 07-03-2007, 08:02 PM

Congrats!
There must be some kind of planetary alignment thing where us noobs are getting great shaves and honing success.

**JoshEarl** · 07-03-2007, 08:47 PM

I don't think it's planetary alignment. You guys have several things going for you. You've done your homework, for one. You know what shave-ready feels like. Second, you're honing razors with good bevels, which makes your chances for success a lot higher. And third, you're using good hones.

Coticules make good first hones, in my opinion, because they cut a little slower. You're less likely to overhone while you're learning.

If only they weren't so darn expensive...

Keep up the good work,
Josh

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