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Thread: Japanese Honing Manuals - FYI

  1. 01-15-2015, 04:50 PM #1
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    Default Japanese Honing Manuals - FYI

    I met with SRP member LilRascal, he's been giving me some great advice around honing and we had coffee yesterday and he loaned me two Jnats to try.

    Later, he emailed me two .PDF files that I've attached as an FYI for the forum.

    1. Honing Razors and Nihon kamisori by Kousuke Iwasaki (Translated by Jim Rion)

    2. Honing On Japanese Natural Hones

    Apologies if already on file, but there's nothing wrong with the occasional necropost to revive a topic.
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    Interesting to note the old name for devils spit is most probably soap burn...
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    The second file had a few curiosities in it. I know who wrote and translated the first file but have no idea who wrote the second. Phrank, do you know?
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    Thank you, I had not seen the second file before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    The second file had a few curiosities in it. I know who wrote and translated the first file but have no idea who wrote the second. Phrank, do you know?
    No idea...I'll ask LilRascal if he knows or he may pop into the forum....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    The second file had a few curiosities in it. I know who wrote and translated the first file but have no idea who wrote the second. Phrank, do you know?
    If memory serves right it is the same person that translated Iwasaki's book- Jim Ryon. He had a bunch of posts on honing on J-nats in his blog.
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    Yes I believe that is correct also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    No idea...I'll ask LilRascal if he knows or he may pop into the forum....
    Yes. That is correct. I originally saw them on Jim Rion's blog. He has lots of great info there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lilrascal View Post
    Yes. That is correct. I originally saw them on Jim Rion's blog. He has lots of great info there.
    Hey - thanks again, just got a razor in the mail, a $9.99 project razor, going to give those jnats a try.

    Hopefully you won't cringe when you see the result, and yes, tape is my friend!
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    The first manual has has nice tips on razor care and stropping as well. Thanks.
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