Thread: Hone of the Day

I'm glad you did. My hometown of Asheville, North Carolina has managed to preserve a lot of its famous art deco architecture, and I have always loved anything art deco

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I'm glad you did. My hometown of Asheville, North Carolina has managed to preserve a lot of its famous art deco architecture, and I have always loved anything art deco

A very good friend of mine, Phil Jones is one of the top collectors of Clarice Cliff in the UK, famous for her Art-Deco designs, the interior of his home looks like a 1930s art-deco museum.

Playing with two new acquisitions, a ruddy shallow layer stone and a harder light wakame (seaweed), both about 60-cut size. I’ve tried them with the respective razors shown on thin slurry, and they’re both competent razor finishers, the edge was smooth. This test added clear water finishing strokes to the thin slurry regimen. The akepin or whatever started to get stiction at about 20 strokes, the harder stone not so much difference, but we’ll see. The HHT seemed improved on the wakami-colored stone, and a little improved on the ruddy stone. Shave tomorrow!

Today was the first time in a couple months I had time for some honing. These razors were a little tuggy the last time I used them, so I just refreshed the edges with my Celebrated Razor Hone. From left to right, a Burrell Top Flight, an H Diamond 120, and a Bingham Tally Ho.

edit: unfortunately I won't be able to test shave these for a while, due to a cooking injury where I almost sliced off my left middle finger.

Originally Posted by joelkerr

Today was the first time in a couple months I had time for some honing. These razors were a little tuggy the last time I used them, so I just refreshed the edges with my Celebrated Razor Hone. From left to right, a Burrell Top Flight, an H Diamond 120, and a Bingham Tally Ho.

edit: unfortunately I won't be able to test shave these for a while, due to a cooking injury where I almost sliced off my left middle finger.

This sounds like something that should be on the cut of the day!

Well the clear water finishing didn’t change things up that much, but the ‘seaweed’ stone is a little bit better I think, though both will finish a razor.

Originally Posted by Steve56

Well the clear water finishing didn’t change things up that much, but the ‘seaweed’ stone is a little bit better I think, though both will finish a razor.

Have you ever given a natural hone a spray of Windex for your last few strokes? I usually do on my Zulu Grey and my Coti--It seems to help, but it could all be in my head.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Have you ever given a natural hone a spray of Windex for your last few strokes? I usually do on my Zulu Grey and my Coti--It seems to help, but it could all be in my head.

What is the theory behind the Windex?

Originally Posted by joamo

What is the theory behind the Windex?

It lessens the surface tension and thus allows the razor to 'glide' across the stone with less pressure.

Many years ago I'd tried 'Smith's Honing Solution' and it does about the same thing.

Yes, I think that it has a surfactant which would cut surface tension/provide some lubrication. Alex Gilmore sent me some Shaklee Basic H a few years ago and it did pretty much the same thing.

It’s a lot easier just to put a couple of drops of Jet Dry in your honing water though.