Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Today I finished this WH Oates in black horn on the unique, massive primitive black Arkansas stone that I got recently from Dan's Whetstones (which I gave more info. on the mounting process in the "What Are You Working On?" thread). The super-soft British steel on this razor took an easy, killer edge after a quick progression on water stones up to 8k, then using WD-40 on the highly burnished Ark surface. I purposely left out the Nani 12k step, as I'm intrigued to try this minimalist approach to edge retention and longevity that Shaun and others talk about. I look forward to the test-shave.
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I also put on a 2nd layer of tape and set a micro-bevel on 4 others that felt like they needed something more-we'll see.

I'm pretty certain that this used to be Andre the Giant's personal hone.

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

I'm pretty certain that this used to be Andre the Giant's personal hone.

Yeah, she's kinda awkward for hand honing lol! I love the almost decadent luxury of the real estate on it, though. And I can leave it on the coffee table with a can of WD-40 nearby, and just do almost mindless laps once I get how to rock an edge to keep the wave going.

Also, Outback Mike, that is a beautiful razor!

Originally Posted by outback

That, would suck.! But looks to have some decent realestate, yet. About the same as a Escher, barbers delight.

Yes, damaged but luckily still plenty of room to hone on.

Set a new bevel with my chosera 1k followed by veinette coticule on my new Max Dorner #15 in 8/8. Smooth sailing!

Playing around with one of my personal Tosuke Kamisori today
Trying a Naniwa SS 12k with a light slurry to see how close I can get to a J-nat edge feel

Basically using all the tricks I would use on a J-nat using the 12k to see how far I can push it




Hone On !!!

Refreshed my ivory Joseph Rodgers frameback on ‘big ugly’, a deep layer Nakayama koppa from Alex G., very, very, fine and very, very, ugly, lol. But the edges that it makes are beautiful.

Had the pleasure of honing these three well cared razors for a local srp member yesterday.
I used his coticule, a beautiful and very capable stone. It’s a luxury to use a wide coticule such as this one.

I had never handled a rigarazor before and was quite impressed with the fit and finish of this razor. It’s a heavy and imposing blade and the horn scales are very nicely crafted. The bevel was small and uniform, something I don’t often see on custom wedges.

For my tastes, the Le Grelot was my favourite of the three.




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Originally Posted by Badgister

Set a new bevel with my chosera 1k followed by veinette coticule on my new Max Dorner #15 in 8/8. Smooth sailing!

That is a beautiful razor, simply stunning!

Originally Posted by Badgister

Had the pleasure of honing these three well cared razors for a local srp member yesterday.
I used his coticule, a beautiful and very capable stone. It’s a luxury to use a wide coticule such as this one.

I had never handled a rigarazor before and was quite impressed with the fit and finish of this razor. It’s a heavy and imposing blade and the horn scales are very nicely crafted. The bevel was small and uniform, something I don’t often see on custom wedges.

For my tastes, the Le Grelot was my favourite of the three.




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I can confirm that the shave with 'Le Grelot' was smooth and comfortable. A real pleasure!

thanks again Zayid

Originally Posted by Steve56

Refreshed my ivory Joseph Rodgers frameback on ‘big ugly’, a deep layer Nakayama koppa from Alex G., very, very, fine and very, very, ugly, lol. But the edges that it makes are beautiful.

Stunning blade.