What'd ya hone today?

I'm real happy spring is in the air. I can finally got out to my unheated shop and do some work. Been playing with the buffers and making scales but today I honed up what I finished. What did you all hone up recently?

1) Electric 4/8's for CarrieM - Buffed and honed

2) Wade and Butcher 7/8's - Out of the scales, Greaseless and buffers, had to rework the pivot end of the scales and buffed, honed and shave tested. Got my ear lobe with the tip :)

3) Genco Gold Seal - Buffed and honed

4) Genco Easy Aces - Buffed and honed. I didn't know if the pitting would clear the bevel but the price was right and the bevel is clean

5) Maher and Grosh Anchor Brand - Buffed and honed. THis one was black with surface oxidation.

6) Puma Inox - TUned the edge for the third time. This time it is there. I don't usually have an issue with Inox but this ine didn't want to smooth out.

Hones used:
Naniwa Chosera 600 (at times) and 2k
Naniwa 5k and 8k
Coticule
Escher

The W&B shaves silky smooth with a BBS finish. CarrieM tested it on her legs and was very focused during the test. I had her shave the back of my neck with it. :) She didn't want to use that one but I talked her into it.

Tell us what you honed up today. Pics are nice but optional. I'd love to see one of Lynn's stacks at the end of a day.

I thought the Inox was there last I was over... Lol, sounds like that was quite a battle.

Very nice arrangement, Joe.

Today I honed up a Joseph Rodgers and Sons wedge 7/8s. I used two layers of tape and this progression:

Bread knife on glass
Naniwa 1k
norton 4k with BBW slurry
norton 8k with BBW slurry
Naniwa 12K
Linen strop, cowhide strop, Latigo stropping.

Awesome shave, a face like glass!

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Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I thought the Inox was there last I was over... Lol, sounds like that was quite a battle.
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The Inox was good when you left but I thought I could get a little more out of it and I did. I'm getting fussy in my old age.;) It was a PITA but there were a couple that were more of a challenge. :)

Over this weekend I honed a few razors I recently acquired via eBay. An ERN 1934 in 5/8ths that still took a great edge in spite of a world of staining, a Crown Razor of Boston in 5/8th (shown below) that was a joy to hone, and a Sonnal Luxus in 13/16ths (also shown below). The pitting/staining on the Sonnal Luxus is disappointing, because it took a fantastic edge. It looks much worse in the pictures than it does in person. Sadly, my skills with steel extend only to honing, not polishing/restoration (yet...).

Progression:
- Bevel set on DMT 1200
- King 4000 water stone
- Belgian Blue
- Belgian Coticule
- Nakayama Asagi
- Nakayama Karasu

Crown Razor Co. Boston:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2...wnBoston02.jpg

Sonnal Luxus:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2...nalLuxus01.jpg

I had to work today but I actually did a bit of honing right before I shaved this morning. I took the Puma in the top photo and did 20 strokes on a little Water Of Ayr hone I just bought from a forum member. Just wanted to see what it would feel like shaving afterwards. Felt good.

The past couple of weeks or so I have honed these on one day or another. The one Genco re-scale is one I got from a forum member about a couple of years ago. I honed it with tape back then so I wanted to and did redo it from bevel set to finish without tape.

The Bismarck was gotten as a blade only as the scales were too far gone. I rescaled it with a pair from a blade that was too far gone. Honed it but don't recall with what. Probably naniwas.

The carbo magnetic was a minty ebay acquisition. I got it awhile back and finally got around to it last week. The two fluid steels are numbered 1 & 2 on the scales by me. I got 6 of them in one lot. All in great shape but in need of honing.

I have been keeping track and will number all of them and write down what I used. The # 1 was honed with the naniwas and the # 2 with Shapton Pros. I really should keep a record of what gets honed with what. I keep promising myself I will and then don't do it. I need to slow down on buying razors and get a decent camera. :).

A nice quiet Sunday afternoon with the kids in bed for a nap, I honed an H. Diamond 1000 and a RW custom.

Progression:

DMT 1200 to set the bevel
Chosera #3000
Chosera #5000
Mikawa natural
Oohira Suita

I tested the RW and it still isn't good, too scratchy (I think I'm going to give it to the coticule from start to finish and see what happens). This one doesn't want to seem to smooth out. But I still have a few other progressions to try before I start brainstoming.

I'll test the Diamond 1000 tonight.

Honing still tonight !!

Attachment 40182


Dovo #109
Dovo Best
DD SatinWedge
Reynolds FauxFrameback
Turner Ryalls Sheffield

40 circles to set bevels on a Norton 1k on some
Running Shaptons Tonight 1-2-4-6-8-16-30
CrOx x 15 Bench Strop
CeOx x 10 Bench Strop

Have another Dovo Special and a W&B that I need to do in the morning before work if the scales are right and dry :)

Frieder Ern
Dovo 300
Joseph Alan and sons non XXL wedge
W&B 6/8 barbers notch wedge
W&B faux framebcak
W&B Celebrated almost 1"

Stones used
600 Chosera when needed
1k chosera
3k chosera
Yanoshigima Suita
Nakayama Asagi

0.3 micron CrO bench strop
CeO bench strop

I did an eBay W&B half hollow yesterday. It had some chips in the edge so I had to drop down to the 325 DMT, but I got there in the end..!

Progression:
- DMT 325
- Shapton 1k, 4k, 8k and 16k
- 0.5 diamond on denim x10
- CrOx on leather x5
- Chalk paste on canvas x25
- Strop

It seems to have taken a really good edge, but the test shave tomorrow morning will tell..! I was going to test shave today, but I totally overslept so I ended up using my DE. Darn Monday mornings..! Hehe! :D

Thanks to all who responded. Anyone hone anything else up recently? If so, please tell us about it! Pics are optional.

A Thistle cut and an Engstrom will be getting honed up tonight... I'm excited about both of them!

From the bay, this Wester Bros 11/16 bone manganese steel was in my mailbox when I got home from work last night. Appears to have been used little if at all with no hone wear. I am going to hone it up this morning before I go into work. I will set the bevel with the naniwa 1k and then decide whether to go natural, naniwa, shapton pro or norton. Decisions , decisions. :hmmm:

EDIT; set the bevel with the naniwa 1k using circles and x strokes until the edge on this particular one popped hair on my inside forearm. Decided on natural and used a coticule combo. Started with the bbw with slurry doing x strokes. I'm not sure how many strokes but between the TPT and popping hair on my leg (I don't want to go bald on my arms like the old days) I knew when to go to the yellow. At the time I judged I had what I needed out of the yellow I went to a dark blue escher just because. Smooth and comfortable 2 pass shave with cold water. :)

yes i honed 9 razors from 9 one was heartrings.
i sold that to some member.
wow wow it took from me 3 hours to get that blade done. it is German made blade but such a hard steel amazing. if you see it don't go close to it.
have fun. In the other hands if you hone it that edge will last years.

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Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

wow wow it took from me 3 hours to get that blade done.

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Hey ....... quit complaining !! You got $20.00 ..... that is over $6.00 an hour !!! :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao If I could just get to be a honemeister I could quit my day job.

I honed a nice, new Japanese-style razor that I have been holding onto for a while -- a "New Azuma" with the additional stamps for "Yazuki Steel" on the side with the writing (ura or omote, I can never remember which).

I used my go-to honing stone -- a small coticule/BBW combo stone that I bought here. The small size is just about perfect to use with these small Japanese razors.

For finishing, I used a new CF hone that I got last month. I have lots of other finishers now, but the CF just works like a dream and gives the edge a mirror-like polish with not one hint of haziness.

Last week:

- 2 GDs
- 4/8" Shumate Barber

In the queue this week:

- W&B 6/8" Wedge
- W&B 4/8" Wedge (chip removal)
- Shortened Vintage Dovo 4/8"
- Mini Frank Warner (very interesting blade)
- A few more restored by another fellow here in Calgary

One advantage of honing razors for folks is that I don't
have to own many myself to try out a nice variety :)

- Scott

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Hey ....... quit complaining !! You got $20.00 ..... that is over $6.00 an hour !!! :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao If I could just get to be a honemeister I could quit my day job.

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LOL Jimmy

it was PITA.

We started this lot last weekend where CarrieM and I made scales and cleaned up the blades on the buffers. Most of the blades were local finds and needed some restoration. During the week I set the bevels on all of them and yesterday Jr and I finished the honing. Now they are ready for test shaves.

I started by setting the bevels on a 1k Naniwa Chosera as I am still familiarizing myself with these hones. All except for 4 took tool a bevel set in no time. Torrey, a Pipe wedgie, a W.H. Butler wedgie and a George Butler wedgie just wouldn't take an edge over the entire length of the blade. Switched to the Norton 1k and they snapped to in short order. From there Jr work the blades on the Naniwa 5k and 8k and I worked the wedgies along with a few of the hollow goinds on the Norton 4k and 8k. From there I gave them a few laps on the narrow coti and finished on the C12k while Jr used the 8x3 coti and the Escher. CarrieM gave them the final QC for cutting prior to stropping and all are popping hairs.

The razors from left to right are: Worstenholm Pipe semi wedge, JR Torrey (rescaled), Larkin, WH Oates semi wedge (rescaled), George Butler semi wedge (an older purchase but refinished scales and buffed blade), Mahers and Grosh ( another older purchase rescaled and buffed), JR Torrey (rescaled), Wostenholm Pipe (rescaled) and a Genco Henry's X that I started a while ago.

Great set up Joe,
I like my 1k chosera , try with slurry it becomes considerably faster.
For more tough jobs I use 600 Chosera, it works great.

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Originally Posted by mainaman

Great set up Joe,
I like my 1k chosera , try with slurry it becomes considerably faster.
For more tough jobs I use 600 Chosera, it works great.

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Thanks for the feedback. The 600 chosera was also used and is the blue hone pictured. I'm not a big fan of slurry but have used it in the past. I was able to get the edges to the point a slurry would bring them to but the edge would not go past that point. Once I switched to the Norton there wasn't any problem. As I noted in other posts, the hardness of the blade and the binders/grit material in the hones can effect the speed at which a bevel is set. This combination in the Nortons worked best for these particular razors. I'm sure I could have gotten the chosera to work but having other hones available brought me to the finish quicker than experimentation would have with my limited free time and my time line. The right tool for the job at hand matched with skill set is always best if the tool is readily available and on hand. :)

I have 4 that need touch ups, have to get that started soon :) I have one in the post so I'll wait till it gets here and make an evening of it :)

Great Pics all :)

A little necro-posting........:rock:

Had a nice Boker 6/8 Silver Steel that came in with a chip in the edge and a little uneven flattening. More flattening on the front side than the back.

40 circles with firm pressure both ways and then 30X strokes on the Chosera 1K. The chip was gone, but the edge didn't feel right, so I went to the micro scope and a nice double bevel still on the face side. 80 firm circles on the face side followed by 50X strokes and it was a good bevel.

40 circles firm pressure and 40 circles weight of the blade pressure on the Naniwa Super Stone 5K followed by 5 weight of the blade X strokes. 6 weight of the blade pressure X strokes on the Naniwa Super Stone 8K followed by 10 weight of the blade X strokes on the Naniwa Super Stone 12K. Finished with 15 weight of the blade X strokes on the Suehiro 20K.

Stopped 20 strokes on the poly webbing followed by 40 strokes on the English Bridle and a superb shave.

I really like shaving with this razor.

Have fun.

I get irritated when people say that a decent honer does not need to bother with magnification. I'm an amateur compared to Lynn but I appreciate that he too makes use of whatever tool is necessary to get the job done.

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Originally Posted by Utopian

I get irritated when people say that a decent honer does not need to bother with magnification. I'm an amateur compared to Lynn but I appreciate that he too makes use of whatever tool is necessary to get the job done.

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You can waste a lot of time and metal on the hones sometimes when a look under the microscope will tell you exactly what's going on and then you usually know exactly what you need to do to fix it. I really think the microscope is a must have for people who hone more than a couple razors and having some kind of magnification can help everyone.

Have fun.