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This SSA will be my September razor. A lightly killed edge, dilucot on thin slurry to clear water on my coticule, then finished 100+ laps on the Vermio with Proraso lather. Always look forward to this one coming up in rotation.
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This SSA will be my September razor. A lightly killed edge, dilucot on thin slurry to clear water on my coticule, then finished 100+ laps on the Vermio with Proraso lather. Always look forward to this one coming up in rotation.
Attachment 271991Attachment 271990Honed up my first Bartmann today. An 89 Extra Manganese Steel.
Set the bevel on the Chosera 1K.
On to a modern La Viennette coticule for dilucot from a milky slurry down to clear water.
Finished it off on my first go around with a vintage Fine Rock Quarries 4x2 coticule
Shave test will come Monday morning, but the way it's cutting arm hair and passing HHT is promising
Here is the Friede razor picked up off SRP BST from mainaman. Thank you sir, nice. I had the opportunity to hone one of these some time ago and remembered the edge. Expose fresh steel on NOS blade. 1 layer of tape at 600 and 1000.
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Proceed through natural stone progression, no tape. Several stones were used prior to reach the level for this vintage j-nat barber hone.
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Edge had been pushed to maximum limit with final finish w/ vintage oil and stone. Test shave pending. Mike
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Camping on Little Tupper Lake in NY this week. Step one.. sharpen the axe.
Got these old Nortons for a song last year.
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OK, back to razors.
Did a T.I Spartacus for my brother.
Tricky bevel set but boy did I nail it...
It has a world class edge on it now .
(check out my beautiful new Tomo, it gives a blue slurry)
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Got this Japanese stone to test, so I refinished the Kamijo on it. I found it very interesting, as it is part of a razor set of 3 Orihi kamisori. Vintage stone, very clean, kinda narrow (like 1" wide I guess), but I really liked everything about it. Off to shave test it!
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Got this Dovo model 41 stainless steel in yesterday. The seller claimed it was never used which I can believe. The edge did not look too bad at all but nothing I would shave with on inspection with a loupe. Appeared to need very little to bring it up to snuff. Put it on a Naniwa 12K with some slurry and finished with plain water, did 20 laps on a crox sprayed hard felt hanging strop and then 40 on English linen and 100 on Shell Cordovan leather. The test 2 pass shave was satisfying.
For this mornings shave it got another 10 laps on the crox sprayed strop and the 40/100 on the regular strop. Got a lovely 4 pass irritation free shave out of the deal. Smooth and close, no complaints.
Bob
These two stood out from the pack last night
So well behaved on the hones, perfect small even bevels gotta love it
Chosera 1-5-10 Blue/Green Escher finish with misty slurry
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Hone on Gents !!!
Was gonna just relax today after shaving with a freshly honed blade but decided to continue my tomo testing:
Razor: Filarmonica/Tanifuji
2-Stone Progression:
Bevel reset: Shapton 8K Glass with light DN slurry
Finisher: Nakayama Kiita with unmarked soft tomo
Strop: Kanayama
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Yes they are.!
A stone that "can" act as three separate stones, depending on what you use as lube, and the amount of tourqe applied to the edge. But works best for me as a mid progression stone, with the use of water. Pure glycerin, will make it perform like it's a 8000 grt. stone.
As taught to me by these two fine gentleman, at the Medina meet, last year.
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Touching up 2 of my most favourite, on my most favourite stone. A Freddy Reynolds hump back, and my Bruno 5 layer shorty.
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I have almost that exact same Reynolds, and it's one of my favorites too.
HoshiTombo 8000 Giyana Biken Osaka and a Ator easy relaxing Sunday hone.
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Geo Wostenholme 7/8"s. Little to no hone wear.
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Chosera 1k, Superstone 5k and 10k. Thats it, no bells, no whistles. Took an easy edge, looking forward to tonights shave.
Picked up a Boker 1056 yesterday, gave it a cleaning and a bit O metal polish.
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Bevel set, 1000 Chosera.
Washita, 8000 snow white, 12000SS.
Finish, Blue/Green Escher.
Leaded linen, followed by Latigo, Bridle, and Unknown Russian Tanned, strops.
Pops individual arm hairs, at the slightest touch.
"LASER BEAM"!!
Some Starbrite, plastic scratch remover, and a rag in hand.
Found in most marine stores.
Then a spritz of Plexus, and wpied with a microfiber towel.
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MAHALO my friend! I have tried all manner of products over the years, but never BOTH of those in that combination. I'm not one to re-invent the wheel, so I'll get my hands on some Star Brite. I have Plastic Scratch Remover for my Motorcycle, but not Star Brite, and I'm not experimenting with your formula. I'm going with exactly what the Doctor Prescribes the WAY he prescribes it. I already have Plexus. Star Brite on the way.
As you know, I have scales very similar to your Boker on my Oxford, and I want them to look THAT good.
Thanks again.
-Zip
A great looking razor Mr. Outback.
I havrn't had much time these last few months to really dive into the stones. Today, I ran a Schmachtenberg over SS 1k&2k then the middle coti, followed by the size 8 bout that is slower than the Titanic is right now. The I put the Worchester to the 2k then my La Veinette, which is fast, fine and really the only one I need. Apologies if the pic is crooked, stupid phone us acting up.
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Thank you. She's my ace of hearts, in any progression.
By changing the lube ( oil, water, glycerin ) I can make it act as three different grit stones. Then you can also slurry it, for a bevel cutter. But its still quite slow, so I bevel set on the 1K Chosera, then the Washita W/ water.
That puts me at 5-7K, then to 8&12 to polish it out, and either a Escher, or Thurigan for the icing on the cake.
I feel the Washita gives me a stronger edge, over the synthetics of that grit.
Maybe its just me, but I love this stone.
Oh..! And what it does to a kitchen knife, is heavenly.
A low grit natural used to reshape and refine bevel. Mike
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100% agree. I bevel set with one, then use another one that's not been lapped to follow up and then right to jnats or a trans or black ark.
I never get strange behavior with the edge when I bevel set with a washita. I've had a couple of old timers (cabinetmakers and carvers) tell me that washitas make a stronger edge than synthetics, and I think the translation of that is that some marginal steels are more tolerant of the shallow grooves that they make. I thought that was fishy talk when I first started, but it does seem to be the case with razors (I suppose just as some razors that microchip will sharpen well on coticules or other gentle naturals, but not synthetics).
It's more a condition of the stone than it is the lube. If you scuff one up with a diamond hone, it will cut fast. If you don't, it will cut slowly and do more burnish than cut (but never super fine level).
Plus, they are very sensitive to pressure, so once they are fine cutting from lack of lapping, you can still apply a little pressure to get some cut out of them, or apply very little and get a very near finished edge (actually, once settled in, you can shave off of them relatively comfortably, but it's still easier to get final finish from a finish stone).
Lube has more to do with how the stone loads. With water, the stone will load faster. With a heavier oil, the particles will stay floated out of the pores a little better and the stone will stay cleaner (heavier being something like a medium mineral oil or light mineral oil - unscented baby oil is a decent choice). Lube would've been a bigger deal in the past when it wasn't as convenient to lap a stone to restore its cutting power.
Oil or slurry works at 1-2 K, then water for 5-6, pure glycerin bumps it to around 8K. Just a guess, but that's how it looks in a loupe. But the right amount of pressure , or lack of is needed for that,
and a lot more time. That's why I go back to the synthetics and Nats to finish.
It works, but my hands can't put up with that much, anymore. But I'll do it on times when they aren't giving me any trouble. I'm not that old, but my body is. Degeneration of the cervix scews with the C6 & C7. That's where the nerves come out that control muscles, and sense of touch, or feel. The tip of my right index finger is numb, all the time, and my arm will lock up in certain positions ( like a cramp or charlie horse ). Sometimes turning a screw driver will send pain into my hand, the likes of hitting yourself with a large hammer. So I make the best out of the good days.
Then there's the spinal stenosis.
That's another story.
Getting old...golden years...!!
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Touch ups on the puma. Henckles didn't reach that edge so I went to mejiro and then tomo maybe that will do the trick.
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Here's a couple I finished earlier in the week using 1k-10k chosera & finishing with my Nakayama Kiita. I used a DMT Mini Plate Fine slurry stone to make my slurry.
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