Thread: Hone of the Day

For what I heard about, many professional barbers (at least here in Italy) used cuticules with oil in the past.

Recently an italian guy (during some talks about sharpening stones) made this video about. From bevel set to finish (and shaving )on a modern Selected one.


https://youtu.be/KyRw0Hon8cM?t=958

Originally Posted by Euclid440

I try to keep slurry on the stones (level the tray with strips of rubber yoga mat) and when thinning I scoop up slurry with the blade and deposit into a ceramic Japanese soy sauce tray next to the stone.

Incidentally...

Originally Posted by Skorpio58

For what I heard about, many professional barbers (at least here in Italy) used cuticules with oil in the past.

Recently an italian guy (during some talks about sharpening stones) made this video about. From bevel set to finish (and shaving )on a modern Selected one.


https://youtu.be/KyRw0Hon8cM?t=958

The ones I have from my family seem to have also been used with oil, Coticule side AND BBW side!

But from my personal experience, honing on a Coticule (let's say a La Veinette) DRY, still works the easiest and fastest way.

I never understood the whole slurry on Cotis and BBWs in all honesty.
Dry Coticules gives me a rather quick bevel and leave a refined edge at the same time, then it's to the BBW dry and finishing with stropping strokes. The edges I get are unrivaled in keenness and smoothness.

I might wanna try finishing on oil again and see what happens. But this dry honing for me has proven better than water and oil in the past. I also preferred every BBW edge over my Coticule edges.
It's a highly personal thing, but the Coticule as a pure finisher has never done it for me, not even on oil.
I also prefer my BBW edges over my Escher edges, so there's that.

"It's a highly personal thing"....

You said the right words.

4 on the hones today, congratulations to James the owner of these razors who lightly restored these before sending them to me, you did a fine job cleaning these 4 vintage razors up, I'm pleased to report back they all took very nice edges, I'll post them back out on Monday.

Just a touchup on a single razor with 1mil Kapton. Jnat is a iromono and the slurry stone a kiita, an excellent combo for Swedish steel.

Steve:
Is that a 32 in Pakydern, one of my weaknesses!

Originally Posted by FranfC

Steve:
Is that a 32 in Pakydern, one of my weaknesses!

Yes, but it’s actually a 33.

“Pachyderm”, love some sites where they post a pic and then say “Faux” Ivory, looks and feels just like real Ivory.

Now days, who knows, Google will do a word search with the feds and hunt you down. It is a new and scary world. Funny how Orwell was so perceptive.

Just playing with the stones again, this time a nice mizu asagi (water blue) and my user-grade F14 test razor, tomo is a huge pure asagi from Takeshi. I’ll have a nice fresh edge for the Sunday morning shave.