Thread: Hone of the Day

Found a few chips in this Wosty. Took it to the Washita and water, then to a Fast & Fine, barber hone with lather, finished on a Ahconite, Barber's hone with lather. 40 passes cr/ ox, 60 leaded linen, 60 Russian tanned, 60 shell.
Floats thru arm hair, we'll test shave in the morning.

Test shave was incredibly smooth, and exacting this morning.
DADDY LIKE..!!

I spent the morning on the hones. Time for a shave test.[emoji3]

While I was at it, I pulled out my Kitayama stone and sharpened my favorite kitchen knife.

Sunday morning - a coffee , and i pull the big guns out . Just a refreshing on 2 old boys .

GLAMOUR SHOT! Refreshed my Shave-O-The day on this one. 100 X-stokes followed by 100 passes on Kanayama 70000.


Think it will Shave?

One of the best razors ever produced in Solingen: Sahara Gold - Camel Rider. Honed and finished on my finest vintage Tamagoiro stone.



I got this razor NOS - without any bevel set, dull, didn't cut any arm hair. Set the bevel on a 1000 king. Within 5 minutes on the 1000, the razor didn't even cut arm hair but also a HHT 3 was possible with a little stropping on linen/leather. Unbelievable - did not get this with any other razor I ever had. Another 5 minutes on the tamgoiro with some slurry and a few strokes on water only and the razor was shave ready. The razor is extremely thin grinded. The sound while cutting hair is unbelievable. Keenest razor I ever had in my face. But also very smooth and forgiving. Absolutely perfect shave!

First time ive seen a NOS Sahara Gold.
Congratulations

Originally Posted by Mrchick

I spent the morning on the hones. Time for a shave test.[emoji3]

While I was at it, I pulled out my Kitayama stone and sharpened my favorite kitchen knife.

Beautiful kitchen knife..!!
Ground just like a Japanese Samurai sword, and looks as deadly.
It would become my favorite too.

What make is it...can't read Japanese.

Originally Posted by outback

Beautiful kitchen knife..!!
Ground just like a Japanese Samurai sword, and looks as deadly.
It would become my favorite too.

What make is it...can't read Japanese.

I bought it from a maker in Japan. I'm very happy with his knives. His name is Watanabe.
http://watanabeblade.com

Originally Posted by Mrchick

I bought it from a maker in Japan. I'm very happy with his knives. His name is Watanabe.
http://watanabeblade.com

Thank you. It looks to be versatile, and used for many tasks, like amputations. [emoji1]

The edge looks great!