Thread: Hone of the Day

OK, you've all shamed me into posting a picture... Be it on your heads!

On a more serious note... I've been grumbling over my HAD situation, thinking of flogging a Coticule I've not used in years, but all these *nat* photos made me think about it and maybe... just maybe... I should give the old Coti another whirl. I grabbed my trusty Carbo Magnetic 4/8" or perhaps it's 11/16", and took it for a few victory laps on the Coti. I must say, the edge seems pretty nice, I'll have to shave test it tomorrow. It's funny how the mind plays tricks on you.... the old saying "familiarity breeds contempt" rings very true in this case...

It's a lousy picture, I just used my phone, but the hone is an 8" x 3" and is sitting on a Shapton stone holder. No, it does not fit tightly, but it doesn't seem to matter. Thankfully, my Naniwa SS hones fit perfectly.




Regards

Christian

I don't know if I am a better honer because I waited until later in my honing career to get one of these but I did all 3 blades up to shave ready with ease. Going from using the dilucot on a coticule to using a 4/8k norton is a huge difference. I was used to the dilucot/unicot procedure and it's hit and miss.. I've got to say it's so easy to hone a blade on a Norton 4/8k. Honestly I thought I would have to dick around with the blades like on a natural but no straight to the point. The point of shave ready. I can only imagine if I bought one of these to begin with the skill I would have now. No wonder these stones are recommended. I now know why. Not claiming to be an expert now but if you've been using coticules from the start a Norton 4/8k is much much easier and more efficient to use. Maybe not a better finisher but to get to shave ready hands down norton 4/8k for the win.

For a first attempt I'll be shave testing later but the blades passed all my tests for shave ready with flying colours. Going to become my work horse hone I can see that now

Update both bottom razors a GD 208 and Dovo Best Quality were shave ready. Got a close clean shave with minimal if any irritation. Super easy hones to use now on to a finisher.

Here's an older image but some nice eye candy for sure. Kenwa Western kamisori finished on a nice Nakayama kiita koppa. An unusual stone in that it is almost insensitive to slurry thickness; whole milk slurry, skim milk slurry, slurry-tinged water, water-tinged slurry, doesn't seem to make a difference to the edge, which is faultless.

Cheers, Steve

Hey steve, I'm in the middle of a jnat HAD spree. Your gorgeous pictures of amazing stones are making things worse! Great pic.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

I don't know if I am a better honer because I waited until later in my honing career to get one of these but I did all 3 blades up to shave ready with ease. Going from using the dilucot on a coticule to using a 4/8k norton is a huge difference. I was used to the dilucot/unicot procedure and it's hit and miss.. I've got to say it's so easy to hone a blade on a Norton 4/8k. Honestly I thought I would have to dick around with the blades like on a natural but no straight to the point. The point of shave ready. I can only imagine if I bought one of these to begin with the skill I would have now. No wonder these stones are recommended. I now know why. Not claiming to be an expert now but if you've been using coticules from the start a Norton 4/8k is much much easier and more efficient to use. Maybe not a better finisher but to get to shave ready hands down norton 4/8k for the win.

For a first attempt I'll be shave testing later but the blades passed all my tests for shave ready with flying colours. Going to become my work horse hone I can see that now

Now all you need is a nice little jnat to smooth that norton 8k edge into perfection.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Hey steve, I'm in the middle of a jnat HAD spree. Your gorgeous pictures of amazing stones are making things worse! Great pic.

Thank you sir for your kind words. I'll try to help you out

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by prodigy

Now all you need is a nice little jnat to smooth that norton 8k edge into perfection.

Naa, all ya need is a little stropping with or without some Chrome Oxide. IMHO.

Originally Posted by THORandODIN

Naa, all ya need is a little stropping with or without some Chrome Oxide. IMHO.

Hey that kind of blasphemy isn't allowed in this thread! Haha just kidding, yes crox would help, but it's not as fun.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Now all you need is a nice little jnat to smooth that norton 8k edge into perfection.

Negative! No jnats for me.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Hey that kind of blasphemy isn't allowed in this thread! Haha just kidding, yes crox would help, but it's not as fun.

Well, I don't have HAD yet, RAD is enough for right now.