Thread: ID help

Picked this thing up awhile ago and forgot I even had it. Found it when I pulled out my Hines that have been packed away for almost a year. I lapped it just enough so I could use it, finished at 1k, no burnishing. Slurry shows just a lighter version of the color in the photos which is dead on at least as seen on my phone. The rock is fairly hard, not as hard as my phig, which is a paperweight as it’s garbage for honing. The grain is pretty homogeneous. There are very few sparkling particles which glint similar to tiny pieces of metal under a 20x loupe, they are far apart and never occur together. 1” x 2” x 8”





Reset both bevels and went through a Naniwa progression, finished both on the 12k. I did my normal routine on the International, the Webster was finished further on the unknown hone. It received 100 laps with water and just the smallest amount of dish soap to break water tension.

The shave tests were interesting. The International who got 7 laps on a crox webbed strop then 120 on leather, was what was to be expected, super keen but just a touch uncomfortable. The Webster got the same, less the pasted stropping, the shave was possibly the the most comfortable I’ve ever had but was lacking in keenness. Ultimately I finished the shave with the International, I really like a keen edge, had to keep checking that it was taking hair because I couldn’t feel it cutting while shaving my cheeks.

If I could combine the two I’d be in shaving heaven.

Anyways, I digress. Any help from you rock hounds would be great.