Thread: Internation-Natural-Progression

Dear Straight-fans,

I like to share with you one of my recent experiment. It might not be totaly new, but I found it quite interesting.

This progression can be used:

• After bevel setting during normal sharpening process
• As a "not that light" touch up if your razor got dully and you've missed that point of "I can fix it by some passes on my finisher".
• If you'd like to undo the unicot-bevel from your prev. experiments/honings (as it was the case here).

Stones used are Belgian Coticule (La Veignette) and Zulu Grey from South Africa (just love it!).
Slurry-Stones:

• Coticule-Slurry stone
• Japanese Mikava Nagura Tenjio
• Japanese Mikava Nagura Meijiro
• Zulus slurry stone

Procedure (Alls steps are done with very little to no pressure):

• Created a light-milky/misty slurry on coticule
• Done some work. In my case I was about to undo the unicot finish so I've performed some sets of half-strokes on the Coticule until that "secondary" unicot-bevel was gone.
• Created a mikly Tenjio-slurry on the Zulu-Gey. Slurrying was very easy to do, the Zulu was feeling amazing during the working with Mikava Naguras (like they loved each other from the first glance! .))
• Worked the razor on the slurry until it got grey and silky --> refreshed the Tenjio-Slurry and repeated this step 1 time --> All Coti scratches are gone
• Created a milky Meijiro-Slurry on the Zulu-Grey
• Worked down the slurry in 2 steps similar to Tenjio (again: super harmony between the stones!)
• Created a light-misty slurry on Zulu-Grey using its own slurry stone (take some time)
• Finished by some sets of super light halfstrokes and x-strokes (have not counted)
• Strop in clear Linen (~50 times)
• Strop on clear cordovan leather (~50 times)
• Shave and look in the Mirror how this cooperation of Belgian-Japanese-African stones brings a Special-Happy-Smile in your face !

Have Fun, try it out and give some feedback!

Best Regards!
Philipp

Originally Posted by Philipp78

As a "not that light" touch up if your razor got dully

I had the voice of "Crocodile Dundee " in my head after reading that part .

Is there a finish comparison for the zulu grey? For example, finer than trans ark, or less fine than thurigian. The zulugrey website gives no indication of the type of finish the stone provides, nor how fast it cuts. I think I'm beating about the bush here. Do you have any more information about what it is like to use this stone? Thanks.

About Zulu Grey you can find lots of reports , also here in this forum (e.g.: South African Hones....

I can only compare my own stones:
My Zulu Grey is the hardest of all my natural stones, excepting the Agate which is not a real sharpening stone, but I use it any how .
Zulu is slightly finer and much harder than my Thuringian Hone. The speed I would say is the same (slow, well it's a finisher...). It produces the edge having at least the same keeness and gives at least the same buttery-mellowisch smooth and very close shave.

My Agate is much harder and much finer than my Zulu, the Agate produces exceptional keen edge which is also exceptional harsh (outch!).
My recently purchased Ohzuku Asagi is softer but finer than my Zulu Grey. No Keeness/Shaviong reports so far (need first to learn how to use the jnat-system).

Regards
Philipp

Originally Posted by layingaloneinbed

Is there a finish comparison for the zulu grey? For example, finer than trans ark, or less fine than thurigian. The zulugrey website gives no indication of the type of finish the stone provides, nor how fast it cuts. I think I'm beating about the bush here. Do you have any more information about what it is like to use this stone? Thanks.

I regularly use my Zulu. It is an extremely hard, dense, smooth, stone; a slow finisher. I love the Zulu Grey. You won’t be disappointed. I usually don’t use slurry because of the stone’s density. For me the slurry is hard to raise. Ultimately, does not matter because it finishes so well.