Lawsonstone - dang good to see you. 'Hope you & yours are obscenely well. You've been missed.
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Lawsonstone - dang good to see you. 'Hope you & yours are obscenely well. You've been missed.
I use the Nani 12k then my Suehiro Gokumyo then 15-20 laps on my SRD modular paddle with English Leather. I find the Suehiro gives a better shaving edge on most razors then using chromium oxide. A lot depends on the steel. My Mastro Livi's just love the chromium oxide. then 7-10 laps on the English leather.
Well, I've read that some barber hones in the higher tiers of quality can put an equivalent edge to a 15k hone. Could be that you've lucked into a really good barber hone, or one that just makes a really smooth feeling edge for whatever reason. Mind if I ask what brand it is?
I follow the Nani with about 10 laps of each on a Pike Swatty to 0.3micron Crox the 0.1 Ferrox
Then 100 each clean linen and leather
Sure. There is a barber hone that sells under several brand names. it's a two-sided hone that was sold as Dubl-Duk, O.V.B. and "Reliance." Mine was the "Reliance" brand. It has a sticker on the edge telling you to use one side (usually grey) first, then the other side (brown) next. That hone can really put the sparkle back on a razor.
I also have a "Winner" hone, a two-sider also, which is pretty incredible too, and I think it is also a hone sold under several different name brands.