Thread: 3000/rozsutec

Hello!

I haven't honed any razors for a while, but then stumbled upon a bunch of really nice ones for one euro each on a vintage car flea market so I couldn't resist buying

Now I started out with my 3000 grit stone since the one I choose to use had quite a nice edge (semi decent shave without honing).

I did a few hundred strokes on the roszutec but didn't really feel a difference

Did a few hundred strokes on the 3000 grit, followed by 400 on the rozsutec and it got better but far from great.

I now just wonder, how much can one expect, using my quite poor setup? Maybe 400 strokes is way too little on the rozsutec? I haven't really found out. Will of course continue but always nice to get somekind of input from people who've been in the same shoes.

Cheers
/Viggo, Northern Sweden

Presume the 3k stone got all of the way to the edge. With 400 strokes, it may be that the rozsutec just isn't that fine of a finisher. Here's what I'd do, and what I do do (doodoo?) with stones that lack fineness - use it like a barber hone. Strop your razor on leather fairly heavily (not heavy pressure, but enough strokes), and shave with it a couple of times. Do 10 strokes on the rozsutec again and shave. Don't hone heavy strokes or go all of the way to the edge. See if the edge improves. do it again after another shave or two. If you're not working the stone all of the way to the edge, you should be left with an edge that's slightly thinner (though not quite as good as a finer stone would do) and the smoothness that the strop created. If you hone all of the way to the edge, you'll just be honing off the burnishing the strop has done and you'll have to start over with the progression.

I don't remember how fine a Rozsutec is but you can finish on it. What I do remember is that they're slow. It will be easier if you add a stone of about 6k-8k to bridge the gab.

Ditto - if it's fine and slow, something between. If the rozsutecs are sandstone, something as a nagura on them might be OK, too - like a piece of cheap semi-finish soft stone - that would allow the stone to cut fast until you could get a good enough edge to go to it.