Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by Marshal

Only way I was able to coax an edge out of my Coticule was a mixture of mineral oil and mineral spirits. Pure mineral oil was too thick/viscous, so I had to cut it with spirits to thin it out a tad.

Oh! I have simply got to get me one of those coticules!
Oh Wait!
I have one!

Here's a couple of blades that I finished restoring last week. A Winchester and an Adoration Ax. Just finished honing them on the Naniwas and will give them a test shave tomorrow.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Oh! I have simply got to get me one of those coticules!
Oh Wait!
I have one!

You have one that isn't worth a dang unless it has oil of a specific custom viscosity!?

I think I meant to click the reply button and got the reply with quote instead.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Solitary Soldier-Thanks for the tip. I have been watching and learning a lot lately from Dr. Matt's videos. As it seems nearly every razor I own has issues (hone wear, uneven, warps, etc.), I have been thinking about trying this method as I get tired of constant "rocking and rolling" and other acrobatics trying to get all of an edge on the hone, but it's obviously not for the faint of heart for those of us who like our near-mint vintage blades and their pretty spines as you mentioned!

One other thing I learned from him is the cherry tomato test-honestly, it's better than all the other hone tests in my book. Unconventional techniques, but they seem very effective.

While I don't have any NOS Big Buck Razors, I do have several that are precious to me as they were given to me. While none have any real problems IF they did, there is no way that I would butcher them by grinding away instead of taking the time and patience to hone them.

About the Cherry Tomato Test, a local newbie was all hot an horny about it so I decided to test it and by God it works! I tested it using a freshly sharpened Paring Knife.

Oh and Solitary Soldier, you don't need to use tape for a touch up. Glen Proved that and put the information out for us in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMchDtXzUO4

I tried 8K slurry on a PHIG today and the results look promising but I will find out for sure with the shave test tomorrow!

I thought I took the PHIG to just plain water but was surprised at the residue left when it dried.

Friodur on Jnats, very relaxing session. The Nakayama felt like butter

I don't post much in this section but I had some time so, 2 w&b specials, Franklin co. And my new Herr razor. Went back to 8k with the Herr to get some scratches out then on my 12k ss to finish. The others just got a touch up on the 12k ss.
The Herr had a great edge from the maker just the scratches bugged me so felt I should deal with it.

5 finished this weekend back out on Monday nice no nonsense batch with no issues.

Honed this W&B up tonight.

I restored this blade so it had no bevel. I set that on the DMT.

The heel had an angle in it due to a large chip removal that I had preformed earlier and the corresponding shoulder had what looked like a dent in it.

So I threw a mini square piece of tape within the dent and then added 2 layers of tape to the whole spine.

It wasn't easy and it took some time to get the bevel fully set , also rounding out the chipped corner part.

I took it through the full Nagura progression and it passed the HHT, plus the leg tree top test (my speciality )

I just shaved a weeks worth of growth away and I can only say that it is the finest edge to date.
Butter smooth with no effort , every stroke was a delight . Against the grain left no trace of anything and the one handed fools pass was spot on.

Its hard to believe that the best looking razor I've seen also has the best edge .

Very happy.. and I also learnt a bit more in the blade correction department . Wade & Butcher I salute you

Cheers..

Hones of the day are my 2new hones , from a famous german collector and honning expert .
La Loraine , 14x7 sm , is nothing like the coticule BBW stone - its coarser , its faster and softer It is packed with abrasive It change the edge for a few strokes .
Very usefull stone in the progretion .I absolutely love it Just seale mine with 2 coats of cyanoacrilate and 1 coat of cyanolyde glue , just for shine he he eh
The second stone is absolutely addorable small trans ark , it gave veeery nice edge and it has some very nice feedback I love it also .
Im very pleased with those 2 colectable stones .