Today was one of those days ...
... when everything falls into place :D I never was good with the hones, I dabbled around with different naturals (Coticules and German water stones). A couple of years ago, a couple of months before I joined here (my friends Neils very good suggestion) I decided not to hone anymore. After I hooked up with Neil Miller, it seemed stupied anyway, I never was going to get my edges anywhere close to his... Well, approx half a year ago I decided I should give it another try. But this time I bought some Choseras (cheers Don!) and I allready got my rather nice knife 1k/4k japanese water stone (but I only use the 1k side for razors, after the Chosera 600).
I need a Shapton 16 gs too, but I'm in no hurry. I've been honing away on a Swedish blade for a couple of times now, but the steel's _very_ hard (almost feels like a stainless steel blade) and I never got an edge on it... So today I changed blade, to a no name extra hollow German razor and I got a very nice edge, really fast (these Choseras are very nice and fast!) :D :D
I've been reading up here at times and I want to thank you guys and Neil for all the tips I've got!
My work station today:
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