Strictly speaking, this is Hone of Two Days, but who's counting?
I took a few days off (I won't get into it, but my job sucks right now and I'm taking some time to decide whether to stay and fight it out or to walk away), and for the first time ever I actually had the time to get through ALL of my honing "to-do's".
Left to right: Puma Special 89, Heljestrad No. 23, Henckels Friodur 72, Hoshi Tombo 6000, Bengall, Wade & Butcher Celebrated Hollow Ground, Heart Columbia 77. I also honed up my Rolls Razor. Most of the razors just needed a touch up, but the Bengall and the Heart Columbia needed some chips to be repaired, and the W&B needed the full shebang as the edge was in rough shape.
The Naniwa 12k is new to me, I just got it a couple weeks ago. I'm very impressed with this stone, it lives up to all the hype: it's very fast and gives an incredible polish. The I've been experimenting a lot with the big thuri (I think that's what it is, anyways), it's a really nice finisher. I'm trying to figure out a good balance between these two stones to get the right mix of keenness and smoothness, which I'm pretty sure is what everybody else is looking for, too.
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