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Congratulations BRAM thank you for sharing. Kcb5150 is correct about ruining the edge, much like a barber hone. Finish your GOOD razor on the finest stone you have.

Then apply a couple drops of light mineral oil or soapy water to your prepared “flat” Special stone. Make 12 - X strokes, passes or laps and check the edge. If needed make 12 more. Hope this helps and good luck.
MIke

More eye candy.


A couple drops will do. smear around with finger.

Stone may have stamp on the side.

12 laps then check the edge.

Thanks for the advice kcb5150 and Modine,

I'm realy curious about that not all razors can take an edge from a stone like this, I have read this before about the La Lune special stone but I have a hard time imagining this since I have never heard about a normal quality razor not being able to hold an edge honed be a hard Ozuko finishing hone (I don't know anything realy about Jnats)

I'll take a razor from my coticule, shave to test it, and after I'll just use 12 X strokes on the La Lune, shave, wait two day's and repeat to see where it will take the edge.

I hope it's not to hard te lap because looking at my pictures it needs a lot of lapping, it should come in tomorrow

It's not a difficult stone to lap at all. the barber hone is a good analogy. They really will put a foil edge on a blade in no time flat if you don't pay attention. Some razors will microchip off of it, I've found if that happens, it will do so off the strop. Something about that hone exaggerates any pre-existing imperfections, I think... They are tricky to use, but the results when you get it right are so great you can't help but forgive it...

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Originally Posted by Bram

Thanks for the advice kcb5150 and Modine,

I'm realy curious about that not all razors can take an edge from a stone like this, I have read this before about the La Lune special stone but I have a hard time imagining this since I have never heard about a normal quality razor not being able to hold an edge honed be a hard Ozuko finishing hone (I don't know anything realy about Jnats)

I'll take a razor from my coticule, shave to test it, and after I'll just use 12 X strokes on the La Lune, shave, wait two day's and repeat to see where it will take the edge.

I hope it's not to hard te lap because looking at my pictures it needs a lot of lapping, it should come in tomorrow

I'm done lapping my stone, it was indeed quite easy to lap, stil took some effort because it was hollowed pretty bad. after it was flat I went up to grit 600 because I didn't have any finer grit laying around at the moment, after that I turned to lapping it on a other hone (Welsh slate) and the surface it becomming kind of reflective (at least more so then the Welsh slate).

I think my particular stone hasn't been used with oil that much, it's darker on the sides where oil came in from the sides and it is slightly porous (I noticed this when I put just a few drops of water on it and then spread these out, right after spreading these droplets there is a difference in darkness between initial spot and the rest, this difference quickly fades away)

besides al these observations it isn't as beautifull as the one from Modine