Thread: Hone of the Day

Picked up this 6/8 CV Heljestrand dressed in ivory recently and I finally got around to honing it today. Bevel set on Chosera 1k, then dilucot on La Veinette coticule, then hit a few licks on an Ozuku Asagi. This is my first time honing and shaving with a CV and I definitely see that they live up to the hype. The results were astounding. It took an edge like nobodies business. Beautifully buttery smooth shave. I love it.

Originally Posted by notitfortat

Picked up this 6/8 CV Heljestrand recently and I finally got around to honing it today. Bevel set on Chosera 1k, then dilucot on La Veinette coticule, then hit a few licks on an Ozuku Asagi. This is my first time honing and shaving with a CV and I definitely see they live up to the hype. The results were astounding. It took an edge like nobodies business. Beautifully buttery smooth shave. I love it.

That's a nice picture!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

That's a nice picture!

Thanks

Funny to be posting this here but I am hoping to unearth what this hone is and figure the more exposure the better.
Here are two pics of the hone.


Not following protocol for estimating grit, I simply chose a razor that I would have touched up on the SG20K before stropping.
My possibly faulty logic is that if it were a mid range hone, it would demolish the edge. It didn't, 40 laps with water only, and stropping lead to a perfectly fine shave...not legendary. The hone had the feedback of a barber's hone, which is practically none (scientifically based on my one barber hone).
I threw in the pic of the chipping thinking it might help ID the hone.
Apologies if I am flailing around in the wrong place

That looks like a natural belgian combo to me. The first picture looks exactly like my bbw.

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

That looks like a natural belgian combo to me. The first picture looks exactly like my bbw.

That was one of the possibilities. It seems like a hard stone. I've never used a BBW, so I can't compare it to one. I thought the test might eliminate the BBW, but I am open to think it did not.

Here's my hone of the day. Well of yesterday technically. I've been testing barber hones lately. Just as a personal experiment to see if there is any noticeable difference between a finished edge and a barber hone edge.

So I honed my trusty keen kutter royal up to shave ready on a coticule and shave tested. Went extremely well. Smooth and close. Then 8 laps on my old swaty hone with lather. Can't wait to shave tonight.



Interestingly enough the shave off the swaty was very comfortable and close. I even did an ATG pass on my neck which I've never done before. No prep either just warm water and then lathered up. I don't see any problem or discomfort shaving off a swaty.

Originally Posted by WW243

That was one of the possibilities. It seems like a hard stone. I've never used a BBW, so I can't compare it to one. I thought the test might eliminate the BBW, but I am open to think it did not.

Is the slurry off of it remotely of a purple color? If so, then it is likely to be a natural combo coticule. If you can lap out most of the gouges out of the coticule side you may like that side a lot better. You don't need to remove all of the gouges if you can round over their edges with some sandpaper wrapped around your finger.

That purple slurry is a dead give away for me. BBW all the way. I have used it and thought meh, but the edge was HELLO. Not a full finisher but an amazing hair popper coming off a 1K bevel set.

Guys at first glance I too thought it was a combo coticule by the way the light is reflecting off the hone. It is a one sided hone not a combo coticule. Take a good hard look at that photo. The light is giving the allusion of a yellow side when it is indeed a large face of the hone reflecting light.