Thread: Michigan Meet

woodchuck, have you given that Chinese 12k I gave you a try after your coti yet? Remember, the first 50 strokes is just warming up...

I was going to wait until I had a sucess story to report, but I'll tell you where I stand right now. The 3 razors I worked at the meet failed to give a comfortable shave. I deceided to drop back and work that small dovo with the big frown instead of experimenting further on my pearlex. I bread knifed it on my Norton India stone and set a bevel that grabbed my thumb nail along the entire edge and wiped away arm hair pretty well. Then to the coti, arm hair performance seemed to deteriorate but spine wear and the cutting edge seemed to stay consistent in shape. Next I moved to the chinese 12K. Wow, what a smooth hone this is! I noticed performance improveing after 50 or 75 laps. Did a few hundred laps and a set of circles and have aproxamately 50 or 60 % of the scratches gone. Arm hair cutting pretty well. Shave test went "OK" on cheeks but uncomfortable on chin and neck with some pulling. I may have bailed on the coti to soon. Will continue working on the 12 to get a full polish on the edge, with shave tests in between to track my progress. Maybe 1 or 2 more sessions will bring it up to snuff. I am greatful for the paitence you and Bill showed with all my questions and your generous gift is much apreciated. I hope the next time we meet I can show you an edge I am proud of.