Thread: New respect for the Norton, and a little praise for one of our members...

Approximately a year ago, I broke my Norton hone. I loved the thing, but, however, have put off replacing it until now.. I have this obsessive (almost) goal, of finding a small, easy to travel, low maintenance hone that will replicate the results of the Norton no fuss, no muss. A 4k/8k ceramic or diamond hone would be just the thing, if you will...so, rather than buy a new Norton, I tried all sorts of other hones. So far, I have not found such a hone...
Fast forward to just yesterday; one of our members lives nearby, wanted me to check out his technique on the Norton. Well, I may have said one or two things, but the guy has it down. He took an edge to shave ready in less than 2 minutes on the Norton, and suddenly I remembered why I liked mine, as well....(that takes a LOT longer on a barber hone...)
David (heavydutysg35) has it down, made it look easy, even. HHT sharp off the hone.
There are hones out there that will produce the same, perhaps even a better edge, but I've yet to find one that does it so fast....
And David, thanks for the kick in the pants....I've been procrastinating on replacing the thing long enough. IMHO the edges you are getting are good to go.
John P.

I really appreciate the complement, but without all the great advice from the senior members on this forum I would never be able to come close to getting a shave ready razor off the hone. I guess it just goes to show you that the pyramid method on the Norton really does produce great edges consistently and quickly (even in the hands of a newbie).

I just want to say that John P. is one of the nicest guys that I have ever met. Yesterday he spent a few hours showing me his great razor and hone collection and giving me feedback and advice on my honing. After this he sent me home with a Hess razor honed by Randy Tuttle (which is scary sharp) and some really nice razors that he honed (including a Dubbl Duck Satinedge) so I could compare their shaving abilities to my own. He also sent me home with some of his nicest razors including a J.A. Henkels 50, Dubbl Duck Wonderedge, Filarmonica Double Temple, and Joseph Rogers Wedge to sharpen and try out. I really can't thank this guy enough for his generosity.

John P. is a really good guy and a long time member going back to the Yahoo SRP forum.

Best wishes on all the changes coming your way!,

Wow...that looks to me like another good excuse to move to San Diego...




....fabulous weather
........good people
.............free honing lessons
....................borrow some really nice razors!

...Where's the downside here?

hey....I just talked myself into it!!

-whatever

-Lou

Lou,
I'm moving to Virginia in about 2 months, but there are more members in San Diego, still. Wish there were more members here when I got started in this addiction, trying to use my new Dovo and my trusty Simco Pakistani razor to cut my face to ribbons, much to the amusement and dismay of co workers...
John P.

I've heard there are a lot of cool members in VA.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

I've heard there are a lot of cool members in VA.

Good Grief!!...where'd you hear THAT???!!!

(...ooops!...)

-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

I've heard there are a lot of cool members in VA.

Alan, how far is Stephens City from Norfolk? We haven't found our new home just yet, but have looked online in Portsmouth, just outside Norfolk.
John P.

Its a looooong way, about 4hours. If I throw a rock I hit a gentlemen's club in West VA (don't ask me how I know that). If you throw a rock in Norfolk, you hit ocean.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

.... If I throw a rock I hit a gentlemen's club in West VA (don't ask me how I know that)...

S-o-o-o-o....does that explain all of the rock scars on the back of your head?

(...damn!..THAT'S gonna' leave a mark!...)

-whatever

-Lou