Thread: Twilight hone

I lapped a barber hone that gave up a purple slurry. It was a very dark grey stone but smaller than yours.

It's the grey Special stone that sparkles iirc, I don't know whether that one gives off purple slurry. BBWs can come in pretty thick sizes. I have not seen any big Fox stones (yet).

Here are a BBW, a Fox and a Vosgienne, all three purple.

It looks like a BBW to me, some look different than others, they all leave purple slurry. The "Special stone only for good razors" is a La Lune stone (moon man on the back label) and from what I've heard they sparkle but leave a creamy grey slurry like a Thuringian.

"Silly scientist, you introduced too many variables", I said to myself after I finished a razor that I hadn't shave tested previously. I'm going to take a razor that just gave me a bbs shave yesterday (if it's a bbw, bad idea; if it's a Vosgienne, good idea) and hit this sparkly stone with it for 50-70 laps. I'm hoping I end up with a wonderful edge, but the prospect of it being a goofy grey bbw has me worried it's going to be a cheese grater. I will shave with it tonight and post what the aftermath is.

It's a Coticule BBW combo, I would bet on it.

Originally Posted by adbuett

if it's a bbw, bad idea

Actually, I among others am able to get a good shave off a BBW.

Originally Posted by Danricgro

It's a Coticule BBW combo, I would bet on it.

I take that bet. I win! It's the stone on the bottom, not the coti/bbw!

Originally Posted by adbuett

I take that bet. I win! It's the stone on the bottom, not the coti/bbw!

I call shenanigans!

Originally Posted by Scipio

Actually, I among others am able to get a good shave off a BBW.

+1 I have had a few shaves off my bbw & they were very,very smooth.

Okay, here's the update to the adventure. I took a Wester-Bros razor (the first shave ready razor I ever had by the way) which had given me an incredible shave a day or so previous, and took it to this odd stone. I decided to do about 70 laps with my reasoning being that if it was a finisher, it would actually do something, and if it wasn't a finisher, it would really do something. I shaved with it this morning, and it's not the worst shave I've ever had... but it's not the best either. I am torn with where to proceed next. I'm thinking I take that Wester Bros and try a slurry dilution scheme, see where that gets me. I think it's going to come down to my taking this thing to the next Mid-MO meet and hopefully getting Randy or Sham to take a look at it.