Thread: Hone of the Day

"at least all the ones that come my way do"
That says a lot about your honing skills!

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

As I hone many razors on a weekly basis when they lineup I give the $20 Gold Dollar the same treatment as $1000 Dollar razor, in fact, If the truth be told they take a wicked edge at least all the ones that come my way do.

Combo time

Originally Posted by outback

A total restore.

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Bevel restored and set with 1000 Chosera, two layers tape.
Then a progression of a fast cutting Thurigan with slurry diluted to clear water, then a BG Escher slurry- water, topped off with 30 with water, on a hard Dark blue Thurigan.
20-30 laps Cr/Ox, 60 Latigo, 60 Bridle, 60 Roo.

Test shave...very keen, but very smooth.
No irritation, no complaints.

what stone has the Cr/Ox on it?? beautiful setup ....

Cr/ ox is on a webbed strop, sorry.!

This combination gave me a excellent shave this morning.
Hatanaka Nakayama Kiita
Hoshi Tambo 6500
IRSCO Indian pony shell 963

Received this George Butler surgical razor, as a gift from one of our members, here.
Had some small chips along the bevel, and looks to have had the sides of the spine, ground flat.

So, Three layers tape brought it to the right angle.

Chips removed, Bevel set on 1000 Chosera.
Then my fast cutting Thurigan, slurry to water.
Moving to a BG Escher/ barbers delight, light slurry to water.
And finished on a hard, dark blue Thurigan, water only

20-30 on Cr/Ox pasted linen strop.
60 on Red Latigo
60 Bridle.
40-50 Shell.



Test shave within the hour.
Shave is OK, but I forgot to remove the third layer of tape after bevel setting. Jus had to shave at a higher angle than usual. Will be remedied upon the night.

I decided to test some of my razors on different finishing stones. Todays hone was my Kikuboshi 2002 with my other Hatanaka Nakayama Kiita.

Two heavys going all the way through to-day. One old, one new!

Have not used my combo thuri in more than six months. So today I touched up Simmons Hdw. 420 Hornet. She likes to sing and takes very nice edge! Very good razor for the prices I see them go for.

I glassed both edges, those shave-ready suckers!
Got through these on 1K, not so easily. The Riga went swimmingly, but the old FBU had issues. Little chip!

Had to go back to the green and beat on the thing with the brown turd slurry to get things to take.
Finally got it there, both light and wet on Naniwa 1K.


Will likely take a light trip through the pyramid on the Riga. Another layer at the end of the finisher. Might keep the bite down.
I did manage to hone it toward a smile a lot more.

Think I will bust-out Fratenelli's Coticule on the Butcher.
Some hand-held love.
Such a pile of slurry under the thick paper-towel!
Been a while since I did that!