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02-25-2012, 02:47 PM #1
LOL! The truth hurts. Too funny. Well i will have to say that there are FAR MORE people have success than ther are people failing with them. Since i dont think there are huge diff in quality of stone. This based on our test and many others experience with them. So i feel it is more a matter of personal taste. Also maybe not enough time to figure out the stone. Just based on Shams personal view i would not dismiss these stone.
Same here. Not sure why he feels that. I do know Lynn love the CF.
I was just going through the other thread. Sham did not say that all CF are not suitable for razors. He said 95% are. Since it is a natural stone im sure there are some with impureities. That is prob what he ment with that. He is the one who sent one for Lynn to play with.Last edited by nicknbleeding; 02-25-2012 at 03:11 PM. Reason: more info
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02-25-2012, 03:24 PM #2
Actualy Sham said that 95% of CF are not sutable for finishing straight razors. If I am not mistaken he is not satisfied with the magority of coticules as finishers either. His standards for shave ready are some what higher than most. I know from experiance that my standards changed dramaticly after I shaved with a razor honed by Sham. I greatly respect Sham's knowledg on hones and honeing and I have learned a lot from him. I will admit that some times what he has to say gets lost in translation and it takes me a little while to figure out what he realy means. That could be the case here. I know in the past that he has told me CF is a good finisher.
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02-25-2012, 03:28 PM #3
Yea i think 95% is a bit high. Im sure there are some not good for razors. But the majority are. I have not shaved with a razor from sham as of yet. At least i dont think so. But i do set my standards high. I have sensative skin so irritation is not allowed and i need to be BBS in 2 passes not 3.
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02-25-2012, 03:53 PM #4
I have sensative skin as well as a corse beard. The first time I shaved with a razor honed by Sham was a real eye opener. It was like shaving with a velvet squeegee. It was the smoothest most comfrotabe shave I had ever had withe a straight razor. My face is spoiled now and I am not satisfied with any thing less.
By the way I just have to say that I love your avitar. It all ways brightens my day when I see it.
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02-26-2012, 01:00 AM #5
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02-25-2012, 03:50 PM #6
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02-25-2012, 04:37 PM #8
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Thanked: 433Well my face didn't "drink the cool aid" and I'm getting great results from the LM and WT with no irritation and I've also got a great Coticule and an Y/G Escher, so I can and have done comparisons. Maybe the tester has drunk the cool aid on his finishers
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02-25-2012, 05:11 PM #9
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02-25-2012, 06:56 PM #10
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I don't recall ever having used a pasted strop right after an 8k. I have shaved straight off of an 8k and I have shaved straight off of a coticule. I liked the 8k edge better because I got a closer shave with less tugging. The coticule edge was defanitly more skin frendly. It just was not sharp enough for me. It's just a matter of personal preferance. Believe me when I say that I wish that I could get the kind of edge straight off of a coticule like everyone raves about that I would be happy with. I like the idea of using just one hone to cover all my honing needs from bevel setting to finishing. I just have not found one yet that I am satisfied with as a finisher.
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