Quote Originally Posted by MyanmarShave View Post
I'm intrigued by this and will give it a try next time I refresh a razor. If you could elaborate on your results doing this I would like to hear how it's worked for you.

Thanks!

Marty E.
Hey Marty,

Nothing 'Magic' here, a friend suggested using a honing oil when finishing up so I did and I liked the way the razor glided over the natural hone. Well I use Windex on my DMT 325 for a lube and I decided to give it a try.

I'll usually use a slurry on any of my finishing hones then go to clear water so when I went to experiment I did my usual routine and then gave the Zulu a couple of shots of the glass cleaner and did 10 as close to perfect X strokes as I could an I liked the feel of the steel on the hone and on the face.

I rarely use any kind of a pasted strop but I'm learning. So most of my edges come right off of a hone to an Illinois 827 linen, then SRD Cotton, then Illinois Russian leather, then to the leather of my choice/right now I'm using Roo, but I'll be going back to either SRD #1 leather or SRD English Bridle.

I would caution in that a friend has a fairly expensive natural stone or two and he wouldn't think of ever putting anything like Windex, dish soap, honing oil etc on his rocks.

Also don't try this on something like a Norton water stone or such. Hell when my son's girl friend got a few drops of cooking oil on my Norton 8k side she grabbed the dish soap and got the hot water running to get it off. Well the hone had micro bubbles for a long time but hey! I should have put the hones up but I hadn't so the blame lies with me.

OH, I think that I'll answer the question now instead of later: No I didn't notice a difference with the micro soap bubbles on the Norton.

Enjoy the Ride! It's a long strange trip, but well worth the journey!