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08-30-2014, 10:52 AM #11
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Thanked: 30Hi folks,
time for me to eat some humble pie ...
After a couple of not really good experiences with Arkansas hones for razors I was convinced they are no good... You also don't read a lot (if anything) about them in our German straight razor shaving forums.
So, I thought it's just an American thing (you know, like Germans loving the thuringians and Belgians the coticules)...
But I was wrong and it turned out that I probably just didn't have the best specimen and definitely not the right prep...
It started to dawn on me after buying this nice stone:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ml#post1357336
Now I have just gotten another one, a lovely translucent Arkansas in a nice wooden box:
It came dead flat and smooth as polished marble. I honed my little 5/8 Kiebitz razor on it (coticule finish) and it took ages but I was rewarded with a nice polished edge and a super smooth shave. No burning of the after shave whatsoever.
I'm a believer now !
Cheers
Jörg