Thread: Hone of the Day

It actually works on certain rocks, not all but when some have an issue, they should try that.

Outback - I'll give that a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

Midstone on jnat finishing on coticule, thick stone edition

coticule is about 27mm thick and jnat is about 65-68 mm thick

I honed 5 razors, a Twin Duck Special #1, Western States Cutlery, two King razors & a John D. Case. The Case had some tiny gouges in the edge like someone took it & tapped it on a hard corner a couple times. All came out very nice with a thin bevel. I set my bevel with my 1k Chosera, then went to 2k, 3k, 5k & finished on my Snow White. I love that stone. It feels like velvet when honing on it.

Here is a vintage NOS TI Le Scintillant. Unfortunately the etching on the blade had to be removed due to pitting. It is possible that the acid etching process caused the pitting since the other side of the blade was flawless. I'm interested in the performance of the steel and am familiar with this blade.

However the attached partial paperwork came wadded up in the box with the blade. "Hint" Always check for paper work folded up at the bottom of your box. Even if its old newspaper it may have a date or some form of information.

Finish on Salm Coticule.


Final finish on unknown European stone w/ oil.


Certificate probably used to wrap new razor. Ripped and shoved in the bottom of the box to keep razor from rattling back and forth. This razor had never been honed. So who all is checking out their razor boxes now? Mike

Originally Posted by MODINE

Vintage natural oil stones from Europe for razors.
MIke

Nice....what's your routine with he La Lune Special Stone for Razors.....

Originally Posted by Phrank;

Nice....what's your routine with he La Lune Special Stone for Razors.....

Good question sir. I've tested at least three grades of La Lunes stamped and graded Fine, Extra Fine and Very Fine.. There are more "types" out there that are not labeled. These all are extremely hard fast cutting stones that I believe were used as natural barber hones back in the day. To Refresh The Edge.



Oil only (or dry) as a final finisher. 12 very light passes and check edge. 20 to 30 laps is pushing it. These stones will easily over hone steel unless it is the very best temper. If you think you have a great razor, try pushing the edge as far as it will go on one of these stones and you will know.
Mike

[QUOTE=MODINE;1773091]Here is a vintage NOS TI Le Scintillant. Unfortunately the etching on the blade had to be removed due to pitting. It is possible that the acid etching process caused the pitting since the other side of the blade was flawless. I'm interested in the performance of the steel and am familiar with this blade.

However the attached partial paperwork came wadded up in the box with the blade. "Hint" Always check for paper work folded up at the bottom of your box. Even if its old newspaper it may have a date or some form of information.


Certificate probably used to wrap new razor. Ripped and shoved in the bottom of the box to keep razor from rattling back and forth. This razor had never been honed. So who all is checking out their razor boxes now? Mike

I have found several certificates in coffins that way.

The first few razors off the Suehiro Gokumyo 20k, Hart Steel and my Portland blued blade, the Hart was from bevel set up to the SG20K, The Portland was refreshed, first impression, a nice quick hone, not much feedback/feeling with it, (I have always finished on Naturals prior to this hone) after only a few razors I would be hard pressed to say if the edge is any better than the my CF ( I will never part with my CF) but it sure is quicker.

Some morning honing...Got to stay home with my youngest today, hes not feeling well. I had one that need a new bevel and two that just needed touched up. Bevel set was done on a chosera 1k followed by a Norton combo 4k/8k and for two of them I finished on the coti (late model ardennes) and for the last one I finished on the surgical black ark with some oil. I have been tinkering with this ark for some time, I killed a few diamond plates lapping it but finally I was able to get it flat enough and burnished. It is extremely slow but the razor that I finished with today really has a nice polish to it.