Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by alex1921

The Friodur 72 1/2 had a softer jnat edge so thought I could push it further. I started with DN slurry since I had to lap the stone and then finished on hard tomo slurry. We were talking about stiction on the other thread. This stone develops a distinct feeling of increased resistance but doesn't get skippy or over grabby. I would say almost perfect feeling for me. I kept honing and checking under the scope. At some point I was starting to develop small tiny teeth at 1000x. Stopped, stropped and they went away. Back too the stone for few laps and man the shave was so close.
Now the stone. Pretty hard asagi with a nice layer of kawa, the stone becomes black at that point.

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Really nice. I have one of the newer inox ones and haven’t been able to get a decent edge on it.

Had these 2 beauties for a while, got them for a steal basically. Been real busy studying for an FS exam but made some time to put these two on the chosera 1k for a little while. The puma is basically set to move on but there is tiny spot of rust that is just about out. The W&B has a real minor chip on the bevel but I managed to get all the rust out of it. Will finish these up on the chosera 1k later on when I have some more free time, figured it was better not to rush setting the bevel on these razors.

Love that Puma, and that WB is a beast!

Originally Posted by basil

Really nice. I have one of the newer inox ones and haven’t been able to get a decent edge on it.

Basil I have the same experience. Some of the inox razors dont play well with my hard Jnats. I was honing a Dr. Balfanz and the edge wasn't coming out right, switched to a softer jnat and it worked. I am testing that one with an Escher right now and at least under the scope it looks good. Shave is pending so can't say if I solved the problem but I do know that if I shaved with the edge a hard jnat left on it the shave would have sucked.
Also make sure your ohzuku is absolutely dead flat and maybe try more slurry than less.

Is this the same razor you tried? Just dig it out of my closet. I had it sent to a few people but they all said they couldn’t get it to give a cumfy shave either. I haven’t tried t on my jnat yet actually but I’ll try. It seemed to get the best edge from a hard la vert coticule I had. But still not a great edge at all.

Originally Posted by basil

Is this the same razor you tried? Just dig it out of my closet. I had it sent to a few people but they all said they couldn’t get it to give a cumfy shave either. I haven’t tried t on my jnat yet actually but I’ll try. It seemed to get the best edge from a hard la vert coticule I had. But still not a great edge at all.

The one that gave me trouble was this one.

Different brand but blade looks very similar. I keep trying but can’t really seem to put an edge on it. Because of that I stayed away from all stainless steel razors. I didn’t want to end up with another dud.

Basil, a lot of people complain about that era of Henckels razors. I think the earlier ones using that logo are ok but the later production ones are as bad as Gold Dollars for reliability. The problem is it’s impossible to tell from that rendition of the logo what’s good or bad. I stick with the older logos when buying Henckels and have never hit one that has quality issues.
YMMV

Originally Posted by RezDog

Basil, a lot of people complain about that era of Henckels razors. I think the earlier ones using that logo are ok but the later production ones are as bad as Gold Dollars for reliability. The problem is it’s impossible to tell from that rendition of the logo what’s good or bad. I stick with the older logos when buying Henckels and have never hit one that has quality issues.
YMMV

Totally agree with you. This razor was a gift when I first got into straight shaving so I don’t want to give it away. But like you said it doesn’t hone or shave very well, since then I’ve had better luck with my purchases.

Originally Posted by basil

Different brand but blade looks very similar. I keep trying but can’t really seem to put an edge on it. Because of that I stayed away from all stainless steel razors. I didn’t want to end up with another dud.

Just shaved with it, Escher edge. Came out pretty good. Not Jnat good but pretty good.