Thread: Finisher after 12k stone

Originally Posted by jelajemi

I tried your advice and after the 12k, I used a Coti. The results were amazing I got the best shave ever, really since I start honing my SR, this was the very best shave. The SR feels like it is sliding over my skin.
I mean it is sharp, but it feels different when the blade trims the facial hair. Thank you very much Phrank.

Just imagine how the edge would be if you used a great coti!











Just joking. You don't need any more stones. Or do you? No, probably not...

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

. You don't need any more stones. Or do you? No, probably not...

You are evil!

To be honest with you I do not, but .... I like them alot. Yesterday I got my first J-nat!

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

Just imagine how the edge would be if you used a great coti!











Just joking. You don't need any more stones. Or do you? No, probably not...

Bob Dylan said "Everybody must get stones".

Originally Posted by jelajemi

I tried your advice and after the 12k, I used a Coti. The results were amazing I got the best shave ever, really since I start honing my SR, this was the very best shave. The SR feels like it is sliding over my skin.
I mean it is sharp, but it feels different when the blade trims the facial hair. Thank you very much Phrank.

I stand on the shoulder of other members who have imparted this great advice....

I have yet to try Wolfpacks technique of Coti then the Escher....

Originally Posted by Phrank

I stand on the shoulder of other members who have imparted this great advice....

I have yet to try Wolfpacks technique of Coti then the Escher....

What is Mike's technique? Or is it using a Coti then going onto an Escher?

Originally Posted by Willisf

What is Mike's technique? Or is it using a Coti then going onto an Escher?

...is what he does, and like me, whether true or not, belongs to the "progressive stropping club", heavy leather, medium leather, light leather in a stropping progression.

I find the SRD Roo Strop a great light leather strop, the Illinois #827 a monster for heavy thick razors, and after initial honing, and the Kanayama #3 and the Tony Miller strops around the medium level. Also, impregnating some felt with lead can really add a mellow edge and even somewhat refresh an edge, that's Sharpton's tip and frankly an awesome tip it is IMO...some great results with the lead...and obviously, a good cleaning of the razor afterwards.

I'll defer to Wolfpack and Sharpton to explain further....

Once we have achieved a smooth, irritation free, BBS one pass best shave of my life shave, is anything else really necessary? There are some people that do this with one stone. People that do this with a dozen stones. No one way is right or wrong. No matter what we use, how many times we do it, what order we do it in. The objective is to have a nice comfortable shave. All roads lead to Rome.

Here's a little story:

I started wet shaving in 2008. I joined the shaving forums and SRP. Since then I bought every stone you can think of, 50+ Coticules, 4 Eschers, DMTs, Naniwas, Nortons, Japanese Stones up the wazzoo, Shapton Glass stones, Pastes, etc etc,.

I must have spent over $3000.00 no joke. In the end that tiny little margin of polish really wasn't worth all that money. So I sold a lot of stuff, bought some back again, etc etc.
I now shave off my Norton 8K most of the time, and I use coticules a lot because I like playing with them however they vary a lot in how fine they can be.

There are a lot of tools to get to a nice polished razor. Pastes are easy cheap and effective, stones are more expensive. Both are fun.

Do the best you can on the 8K first, it's most of the battle.

Originally Posted by Disburden

Here's a little story:

I started wet shaving in 2008. I joined the shaving forums and SRP. Since then I bought every stone you can think of, 50+ Coticules, 4 Eschers, DMTs, Naniwas, Nortons, Japanese Stones up the wazzoo, Shapton Glass stones, Pastes, etc etc,.

I must have spent over $3000.00 no joke. In the end that tiny little margin of polish really wasn't worth all that money. So I sold a lot of stuff, bought some back again, etc etc.
I now shave off my Norton 8K most of the time, and I use coticules a lot because I like playing with them however they vary a lot in how fine they can be.

There are a lot of tools to get to a nice polished razor. Pastes are easy cheap and effective, stones are more expensive. Both are fun.

Do the best you can on the 8K first, it's most of the battle.

Some seriously good advice there. A surprisingly great edge can be achieved with as little as one or two stones , maybe some paste, and most importantly, good plain old stropping. Many beginners seems to fall in the trap of buying way to many stones and not focusing enough on learning the simple basics in order to achieve shave-ready edges consistently.