Thread: Hone of the Day

Amazing scales Tom.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

I seem to like 13K hones.Attachment 300392

I am not sure one is better then the next.
For refreshing a shaver I grab a 13K hone and give it
about twenty seconds of back&forth strokes each side
then about 40 normal honing strokes.

Strop and shave.

My oldest 13K Naniwa was the first hone that gave me a sharp as a feather edge
(but smoother).

I can no longer remember the English for this maker. It might have been an experimental test
batch but the price was a good one seven years ago or so.

My current habit is to almost never flatten my 13K but once or twice a year and just
use it. Remember, I am a shaver not a honemaster.

If I get a bad shave it is likely my lathering that is lacking.
Easy to test with a good fresh DE blade.

It looks like a Sigma Power 13k. How are using the stone with water? Splash and go or briefly soaked? Standing water on the surface or just a dampened surface when honing?

Originally Posted by RezDog

Amazing scales Tom.

They are nice, Rez.....You should see the original boxes. They 'snap' when you close them!

Forget about the honing Tom, those razors are killer!

Pete <:-}

P.S. Where do you come up with this stuff??

Originally Posted by petercp4e

Forget about the honing Tom, those razors are killer!

Pete <:-}

P.S. Where do you come up with this stuff??

I don't anymore, Pete. Bought these 10 years ago or more. They have been er, languishing.

Put a blistering, Washita edge, on a pocket knife for one of the guys at work. He also works with the local fire Dept., so I figure it better have a good, strong edge. Someones life, might be saved because if it.

A bit of free time, so I get to give three of my own a little refresh.

Two nice Herder razors in this morning, the one with the cracked ice scales had a tiny dink mid blade, easily sorted back out on Monday.

Haven't honed this one since outback restored and honed it for me. Been maintaining it with crox. As a result had to bring this one back to the 1k to get the bevel flat again. Brought it up to Naniwa 8k and then to the thuringian I was lapping a few weeks back.

Just honed this W&B I restored .

Gave it a tidy wedge and some custom scales. It was a long project.

Did all the correcting on the 1k, set the bevel and the 5k, then gave it a full Nagura on the Nakayama.

The HHT results were a welcome relief