No Andrew the owner made the scales Alastair who also makes those beautiful Westholme strops he did the restore it's his own razor, it really is a monster the spine is 7.6mm thickness the tang is over 15mm wide it really is a huge razor.
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Catching up with posting some pics, picked out some of the fun ones and different finishers
Greaves x 2
Chosera 1-5-10 / Select Grade Coticule
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Wacker
Naniwa SS series 1-3-5-8-10-12
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Geneva
Shapton GS series 1-2-4-6-8-16-30
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Soligen - Garantie
Chosera 1-5-10 / German Thuringen
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Nice chip had to come out :)
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TI- LeGerlot
Chosera 1-5-10 / Nakayama
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Booyaaaahhh !!!!!! Hone On Gentlemen
Really loving all the great pics guys :tu
Now i admire those hight grit synthetyc finishers and ive never try one so i look at a shapton cream I wonder if there is diference with the natural finished edge
This true, cause nothing shaves me better or smoother than the Kinfolks and it's done on synthetic right? Tc
My late entry to this thread :)
Starting with blue & working up ; Invicta. Black Demon, Bengall, Sistrum for Barbers use & Aussie custom in Hitachi Aogami.
Honed up to 12k on J/Shapton Pros then pre-finished on Iwasaki select stone wih Koma Nagura & finally on Shobu-Dani Asagi with invisible Oozuku slurry.
First time I do this combo & very happy with it. All 5 shaved almost identically & no need for any tweaking.
5 in today back out Monday everything looks pretty straight forward with these 5.
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Razor fresh off my inaugural hone. This stone only arrived two days ago from a seller who reckons it is likely a La Grosse Blanche and I didn't experience anything to doubt him.
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To put it through its paces I opted for a one stone hone (not counting the Chosera 1k bevel set). Worked slow through slurry dilutions, clear water, strops and finishing very light on lather. Nice audible stone. Medium to fast on slurry (though I used bugger all pressure this morning so reckon it would speed up real fast) and slooow on water.
Result: Beginners luck I reckon as the edge left behind my test shave is phenomenal - a nice blend of sharp and smooth.