Thread: Interesting antique store find

I have a stone that I found when I was still quite new to wet shaving. It looked like a thurinigian, slurried like a thuringian, soft like a thuringian but when I used it after an 8k I could not improve the edge. For the longest time I figured it was a 4-6k stone. Not until recently I revisited this stone and was able to polish the edge to a very very fine level. I found that it was a slower stone, not quite as quick as 2 other thuris I have, but very good once I figured it out.

Don't disregard it as a good stone yet, give it some time and mess around with it a bit. Less slurry, more slurry, no slurry.

I definitely won't, the razor I am working on with it is a recent fixer-upper. So I am going to go back to the synths to get her up to speed to a 12k and see out it effects the edge. It seems on the slower side, and polishes well. It will be a good stone, just have to approach it a little more appropriately than I have.

Mightve been better to test with a razor that's already up and running. Might be more a problem with the razor than the hone.

That's part of my battle plan, I was a little too hopeful for this razor to be a quick an easy hone.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

That's part of my battle plan, I was a little too hopeful for this razor to be a quick an easy hone.

All I will say is that if you don't have a bevel,nyoure just polishing a dull edge.

Oh, I've done my fair share. This blade did have a bevel today, then some how dinged the edge, then bumped the edge on my mag glass inspecting where I dinged it. It's been a strong test of my patience and correcting silly mistakes.