Thread: Naniwa SS revisited

Originally Posted by Utopian

Randy is working on it. He'll probably have a production run finished about the same time I finish my straight razors!

Oh man, keep me posted on that please !

Originally Posted by feltspanky

Once I learned how to properly use the stone to it's potential. I'm well pleased with the ultra smooth shaving results I achieve.

Eerrrm...this goes for any stone, really. Including naturals. Granted, learning to max out an edge on those might take longer to learn than it does on synthetic hones with grit rating that is made meaningful in a brand-specific way, according to people who use them a lot.

Then again, it might not be; it may be that the threshold to get decent shaving edges is lower. I don't know, as I never first learned honing on synthetics. Which, obviously, I cannot do any more.

Originally Posted by rcavazos1922

I've been using one razor and two coticules for several months and I thought I was getting some good edges, so I decided to test them against the Naniwa SS. My Dovo Carre had a Coticule edge on it (by someone else ) so I thought I would use that one. I used 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, & 12k and some Chromium Oxide. I just finished shaving with it...Naniwa wins all categories

The only difference in my set up is I don't have the 10 and I finish on a 20k. my results suit me fine. I have a couple of swaty's but don't use them any more. I do believe that Lynn Abrams was correct when he said that the naniwas was perfect for razors.

I guess I'm the oddball here because I've sold off all my Naniwas and Nortons and am getting by just fine with a King 1k, two coticules, and an Escher. I work almost exclusively with Sheffield Wedges and heavy quarter-hollows and I used to get really frustrated with the synthetics quickly loading up with swarf. When I got my second coticule - which cuts very quickly with slurry - I realized that my synthetics were getting no use at all. I just sold my last Naniwa the other day.

Different strokes for different folks!

I have been very pleased with my naniwa stones after getting only mediocre results with Norton and king stones.

I have found that my King 1k works much better with slurry, even if it is a pretty ugly slurry...

We truly are living in a golden age of wet shaving. We have the vintage razors and hones of the past through internet sources, synthetic hones our forefathers could only have dreamed of. Custom straight razors, DE, SE and fine current production razors of all types. Our access to an exchange of information seems limitless, and we can share this hobby/sport with each other. Just a wonderful time to be living in the wet shaving world