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Bought a Charnley Forest
Continued from this thread: http://straightrazorpalace.com/aucti...ml#post1605418
I have lapped the primary working surface with sic as well as having cleaned up the sides. I ground the back to remove the big chip about 50%. Primary surface lapped to 3k and then slurried with bbw/coti. Polished the chamfers as well. I've never seen a cf in person and I am kind of surprised tbh by how different the feel is to an ark. It doesn't have that same cold, glassy thing going on, it feels dense and silky. Pics coming
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Really nice example!! Looking forward for your findings....
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Initial run was just ok. shaved fine, went atg no problem. It wasn't irritating at all. I need to work the stone in a bit more and try different mediums on top of it.
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I have a weakness for CF's, they leave a super sharp edge. Are you finishing on water or oil? I like smiths honing oil, but it's not a oil at all. I've tried it all from water, sewing machine/mineral oil, Kroil, different concoctions of mineral oil from cuts to blends with Kroil & found that the Smiths works about as good as you can get.
A harder razor will do it justice. CF's are slow, I am talking PHIG slow. I plan on 100x nice & slow strokes when I sit down to use mine.
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Hey Scott I see your name now. Good show. Tc
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Soapy water was the first go. I have a bottle of sewing machine oil so that is next.
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I make a thin lather (usually with Pre de Provence, for reasons I can't explain) for final finishing on my coticules. I have a Simpson Wee Scot that is perfect for applying while honing. It really works well at bringing the edge up just that little bit extra - might be worth a try on the Charnley Forest.
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Yep, when I got my Charnley Forest, Scott recommended I get the Smiths Honing Solution & it worked out very well!
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Did you burnish the stone? When you put it up to your eye do you get a mirror reflection? I ask because if it is not you may not be getting the full potential form it yet, or it may just be a softer stone. I have two, one is a little harder than the other. Both work very nicely though. I don't like oil since I hone in the bathroom or kitchen. I use water and sometimes a little liquid soap. Haven't tried glycerin yet. I found on mine about 200 light laps gives me a nice smooth clean shave with no irritation. Now I generally go from a Coti or Thuri to the Charnley, but I can feel a significant difference in the shave between all of them. Now I may have lucked out as mine were all ready used for like 100 years and very flat and smooth. I just cleaned with simple green and used. My understanding is that as they are used and burnished over time they improve to a certain point I would think where they would max out at there potential. Each one having their own level or difference probably based on hardness, but maybe other factors.