Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by RezDog

Dinnermint, Ireviously had one of those. Great razors, hard to find and man did I have to have a soft touch to keep from flexing that super thin grind.

You speak so much truth. Getting just the edge and not convexing the bevel is extremely difficult. Any bit of wear on the tape exasperates the problem. Never had to change tape on my escher on any razor. But the smoothness it has with a highly polished bevel is beyond surprising. Don't even get me started on stropping!

I shaved with the razor, a 6/8 full hollow made by Harvard Cutlery Chicago ILL and it still pulled a bit. I will take it back to the Honeyama and this time I will use slurry from my Mejiro Nagura.

Originally Posted by boz

I shaved with the razor, a 6/8 full hollow made by Harvard Cutlery Chicago ILL and it still pulled a bit. I will take it back to the Honeyama and this time I will use slurry from my Mejiro Nagura.

Mejiro isn't usually capable of putting a finish on your razor. In the sheme of things it's about a 7 out of 10. You have more work to do after that.

Bill, I am a novice on JNATS. My Honeyama has been used as a finisher after my 12K Nanawa, I don't like to shave off the Nanawa so I have been going to either strops with CHROX and .1 diamond spray of Black Arkansas. The Honeyama is an experiment.
My plan is to hone with the Mejiro slurry then the slurry from the Honeyama then water. Does this plan make sense?
Al

Diamond plate slurry after the 12k or if you have a Tomo. One slurry about the size of a quarter for starters. You will have to play with how much you dilute. I hone to feedback. Or stickiness. Keep an eye out for it. But the mejiro is not necessary after a 12k imo.

Today was the first pretty day after the deep freeze following seemingly endless gray, cold and rain (12" rain in December). On what could have been a spring day, everyone was out soaking up the sun. I touched up a couple on my back deck using my banded Norton Trans Ark with WD-40 including this paua-scaled Henckels Platinum. I followed up with about 60 strokes on horse shell, and it passed my ultimate post-hone test of silently tree-topping the finer hair patches on my arm. Tomorrow's shave should be superb!

Originally Posted by boz

All those beautiful stones and blades.. Here is am old beater that I am trying to touch up with a Honeyama (koppa). The blade was originally honed on synthetic stones to 12K. It has since started to tug so I put it on the JNAT.Attachment 301122
The photo shows the front side I hone on the back side. This is the scratch pattern, photo taken at 2K optical magnification. Attachment 301123
I need to watch the scratch pattern more during the progression. I will comment on the shave tomorrow. Any helpful comments.

From what I can see, I would say it needs a new bevel set. The scratch pattern is kinda naff and the micro chips have to go if you want a smooth shaving experience imo..

Just spent over an hour on this Juste Judicato J & R Dodge.

Creating a bevel / Large Chips Removal.

I wont hone it fully yet because I might swap the scales (faux Tortoise) for Ivory.

DMT/Shapton 500/1K

5 Blades I finished restoring today which needed bevels established , frowns removed etc.

I did the heavy work on the 1k with slurry and they all got tuned up on the Ozuku.

Used the microscope throughout.

HHT's were spot on...

Cheers.

From the left:
The star of the show a George Ibberson / A Solingen Bradrel Tula-Silber? / Dovo 28 Fritz Bracht / Bengall

Well I decided to get myself another coticule. It was stamped extra extra so I thought 2 extras better than 1
Tried it with slurry and without. Without my results were better. Did 3,5,8K then water on coti. Shave was decent but not great.
So I thought maybe it's time to go up a notch. Koma and then tomo on this very hard ohzuku.
Yes the koma is big, 300gr. The ohzuku has one side with the black inclusions and there is a small fissure there. I am working on lapping it out eventhough the razor edge doesn't hit but it's a bear to lap. I use the other side to hone for now. Easy stone to work with. After koma raise tomo slurry and hone. When the color changes you are done. The stone isn't thirsty so no need for much spraying. Shave was excellent. I know I know nothing about coticules and I will keep using them, probably even buying them if they look pretty but gents my heart belongs to Jnats.

Oh the razor was a Dovo 6/8. My second razor or so. Honed without tape.