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    Default Nakayama finish or "It is all Glen's fault"

    At the NW meet Glen finished one of my razors on a nakayama. I was excited as I had never had a shave from a nakayama before. I got home and tried this razor compared to some other similar blades that were finished off a variety of other techniques although a few could have used a touch up before hand.
    This is now my favorite razor and I have been shaving off of it every chance I get. I find myself consistently overshaving just to spend more time doing so.
    I must say that convincing the wife that I need to spend that kind of money on a rock is difficult. Her response was "It is all Glen's fault". I must concur, but I am glad that he did otherwise I don't know that I ever would have had the opportunity to shave off such an edge.
    I know that edges vary from other variables, but right now I don't care I am just impressed.
    Thanks Glen and you may want to put that rock in a safe.
    Oh, and she changed her story when she shaved with the blade last night.

    -G

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    I've heard this saying a few times...

    You can buy a basketball, but it doesn't make you Michael Jordon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    I've heard this saying a few times...

    You can buy a basketball, but it doesn't make you Michael Jordon.
    Sort of like I could buy a Coticule but it doesn't make me Lynn Abrams?

    So I did buy a Norton…and a Naniwa…well…several…okay then there's the 2 DMT steel slabs studded with diamond dust…and the barber hones…

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    Quote Originally Posted by LawsonStone View Post
    Sort of like I could buy a Coticule but it doesn't make me Lynn Abrams?

    So I did buy a Norton…and a Naniwa…well…several…okay then there's the 2 DMT steel slabs studded with diamond dust…and the barber hones…
    I am falling into this trap.

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    That is now my goal. Not to buy that stone (or pay a team of mercs to drive to idaho), but rather to consistently produce an edge equal to that razor. I know that I will always be ten steps behind Glen, but I hope with practice to get this far. If some day I am "forced" to buy a nakayama to reach this goal then so be it, but in the mean time I have a whole slough of practicing to do with the hones I currently own.

    -G

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    I've heard this saying a few times...

    You can buy a basketball, but it doesn't make you Michael Jordon.
    That is of course true but a nice Nakayama makes it that much easier to get a fantastic edge. I have found that the worst edge I got when I started was still "exceptional" when compared to a lot of other ways that I have honed in the past. The feedback just guides you to the finish line, quite exceptional.

    Later,
    Richard

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    Thats exactly how I ended up sinking the thick end of £500 on new stones as well..!

    I bought a DD Goldedge off a member here and it was one that Dylan had honed. I was so impressed with the edge that I asked him what hones he used. "Naniwas and an Asagi" came the reply.

    So off I went, ordered a set of Naniwas to compliment my Shaptons and went hunting for a J-Nat. I found a Nakayama Maruichi for sale in the classifieds and the rest is history.

    Thats probably now my ultimate honing set up: 1/3/8/12k Naniwas and finish on the Maruichi. I will sometimes swap to the Shaptons if I'm not really getting anywhere with the Naniwas or if I dont like the edge so much, or use a different finisher for fun, but that set up gets me amazing edges 99% of the time.

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    I just finished a shave from my TI Bijou de France (excellent razor) with a Nakayama Maruichi Kiita finish and recently shaved with a Wacker Jahresmesser 2008 (excellent razor as well) finished on my Shapton Glass 30.000.

    I can not say wich one I like better, it´s just pure luxory!

    I could buy a Coticule but it doesn't make me Lynn Abrams?
    Word!

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