Bringing my BBW out of retirement
Not long after i bought my 1st razor i purchased a BBW direct from Ardienne, I used it and learnt to hone on it really. Once i was addicted i spent a little more money and got myself a small select Coticule, again, straight from Ardienne. Needless to say it quickly replaced the BBW as my go to stone.
Well for no reason, i dusted off the BBW to hone up my Wade and Butcher "Celebrated Hollow Ground" I raised a thick slurry and got to work starting at 20 laps each side reducing by 1 lap at each completion and diluting the slurry each time. This continued until the blade took the hairs off the back of arm easily. Once it reached this stage washed the slurry off raised a light slurry and repeated the procedure twice again. Washed the slurry off and repeated the procedure twice again followed by removing the slurry and then once more on clear water.
I finished it off with 50 x stokes on a welsh slate and stropping on leather
It provided a really great shave and a little easier than using my coti as the BBW is larger.
It wont be so long before i break it out again