Last shave of the year. Touched up my dubl duck that had a jnat edge. Wanted to do a bit of practice honing on my smaller stone so went to the coticule. Was a great last shave for the year.
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Last shave of the year. Touched up my dubl duck that had a jnat edge. Wanted to do a bit of practice honing on my smaller stone so went to the coticule. Was a great last shave for the year.
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I went the other way with my DD. Prior Escher edge to suita and finished on this awasedo. Excellent shave as well. :tu
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My newest restore, and the New Years day, shaver.
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Bevel recovered with 3 layers, and a 1000 Chosera and Naniwa dressing stone. Then removed one layer and moved to a Washita, then a slurried med grade Thurigan, diluting to water. Then a heavy slurried B/G Escher, diluted to water.
Cr/Ox pasted strop, leaded linen strop, Russian Tanned and a Roo to finish. Popping arm hairs, and don't even feel it. SHAVE ON !! Gents.
What a marvelous razor !
Thank you, sir. I appreciate your reply.
First honing and shave of the new year. Harwood & Co. On the crazy side of the Fiddich River Stone.
Happy New Year.
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On the hones today a GD and a TI, both razors took a fine edge, they will be back out in the morning post.
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Been quite awhile like over a year since I had a honing session for me with multiple razors which are all mine, so since it was a tad chilly out and nothing to do I took advantage of some spare time and did a full progression on all.
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That is a beautiful razor.
Handheld jnat, two tomo nagura I am playing with they are both soft and fine. The one on the left is less fine but seems faster the one on the right is more fine but a little slower. Both refine an edge very nicely!
Razor ERN 6/8
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A quick bevel set on the Norton Lily White Washita and it was ready to finish. A phenomenal stone. I spent some extra time and laps on the Black Arkansas and was rewarded. The Worcester took a great edge. Very smooth yet sharp.
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Scales were too heavy so I shaved them down in different spots to lighten it up.
Nakayama w/tomo nagura
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One strange looking coticule hybrid type and an elusive Salm coticule shown with a Gilchrist,Jersey City,No.12 razor.
Joseph Roberts & Sons on a 8" x 2" vintage coti
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Vintage Thuringian. My first attempt on touching up an edge on a stone.
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Playing around with a few stones progression today. Tam-O-Shanter > Purple Welsh (Yellow Lake?) > unknown tan colored hone I mounted on a piece of floor tile. I honed this Wade & Butcher in the picture (rescaled old regrind), also a Joseph Elliot, and a Genco. The tan stone is certainly a finishing hone, a soft silky stone that auto-slurries slightly with clear water, last finishing strokes done with a drop of dish soap. The Tam-O-Shanter is a marvelous hone and is able to easily bridge a large gap in the middle/upper middle range. A fun session.
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My bench /stool after my session this afternoon.
I started out with the higher grit on this Rolls but had to get down to the 400 Atoma to get the bevel where I wanted. Finished on the No Name Thuri.
Still room for improvement but I am happy.
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{The guard is keeping the edge off the table!}
Cold, icy day. Perfect time for the stones!
All hands on deck for a Heckels 14 I just finished fixing up. Full Monte since I dulled it before sanding/polishing.
The Hess #1 is NOS, so I think I will begin with a light 4/8 pyramid since it pops hairs outa the box. I suspect the blue/green will be the hero as-done.
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Ahhh, there's the Hess #1 you spoke of! Good to see it on the hones (as is the Henckels 14).
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This Jacques LeCoultre came in today from across the pond, I gave her a little clean up and off to the hones. Since its new to me I gave her the ol' Chosera 1k, Superstone 5k and 10k, I always use the same set up on every new razor to see what its made of. Took a nice edge, after tonights shave if alls good I think i'll take her to my Escher:)
PS. it came with 4 spare blades:y
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My Naniwa Hayabusa, I am liking this stone a lot, its been getting some love the last few weeks, very smooth.
Felt this one needed a good tune-up, was shaving well, but the keen, smooth shaves, had left. Not even Cr/Ox was helping.
No Tape. Made a heavy slurry on the B/G Escher, X strokes with a bit of torque to the edge. Kept that up till both sides quit skipping, and became an even draw across the hone, lightening torque and diluting to clear water.
Then did the same with the little Thurigan, for fun.! :tu
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Describe this Hayabusa, Alpla? Is it really fast? ;)
used my Naniwa 12000 for the first time... what a difference adding the 12000 to the Norton 4/8k.
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Yes its fast to what I have had before, Dalmore blue was my preferred stone for the mid range, or a Suehiro Cerax 3k, thats fast but bevel does not look as refined compared to the Hayabusa to my eyes (which a 3k should not do I suppose)
I also have a Norton 4k which I dont use as its sooooo thirsty (I have a Norton 1k which I wont use for same reason)
I tried a couple of razors last week using Chosera 1k, Hayabusa, Snow White, SG20K, only 4 stones dam quick and a dam good shave!!!
Its a well regarded stone that you dont see being used too much on the forums imho, I suppose Im different to a lot of people as I am not tied into a particular brand or system, I have good hones but from a variety of makes + naturals, its works for and Im happy.
What are you using for the 4k region?
I have always used a 4/8 Norton combo stone. The individual Nortons are indeed thirsty. But the combo, Notsomuch, IMO.
Is this a line of hones, or the name of a 3k hone?
Oh! Those scales are cool! :cool:
Yes I have the individual Nortons (I did not know the combi was different thirst wise)
The 3k is a Suehiro Cerax ceramic hone, not bad and not that common on the forums,
Thanks on the scales, its for a friend who is a LSU Tigers fan, I think he will be happy as I got the colours pretty close.
I sometimes finish with a Charnley Forrest so speed is not always important, that said the Dalmor Blue is quite quick as a natural mid range but takes a bit longer to remove the marks from it, the Hayabusa leaves less/smaller marks imho which is where you gain the time.
What was the movie?
Forgot to post my Charn Harwood session from last night.
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Here's an interesting HOtD, a new to me 133 6/8 Red Imp, the hollow one. It's in very good condition with little wear on it and the bluing and red paint on the tang are intact. Being a hone nerd, of course I wanted my own edge on it.
After inspecting the apex for defects which would dictate what grit I start with (there weren't any to speak of), the next step was to determine if it had been honed with tape. I don't use tape except for wedges, decorated spines, framebacks or shallow bevel angles, and when I do I use DuPont Kapton 1mil which is thinner than Scotch by about half. 20 easy strokes on a Shapton 4k HR Glass Stone and the 7x Hastings Triplet gave me the answer, the hone is cutting at the shoulder of the bevel so tape was used, and I'll have to set a new bevel
My normal progression is a 2k, 5k, 8k Shapton Pro, but I got the Glass 4k because it's fast and can be used for light bevel work especially on thinly ground razors. So after about 40 more strokes, progress is being made but I'm still a long way from the apex. I could have easily dropped down to a 1k or 2k stone, but then I'd also have coarser striae to remove. I'm not in a hurry and this is what the 4k Glass is for, so onward. After 500-600 strokes, checking the bevel every 40-50 strokes, I'm there, the apex is straight, no shiney thingys, and looks good. Why so many strokes? It's a fine hone and a thinly ground razor so you can't push very hard or you'll round the bevels, miss the apex, and hurt the razor. I give it a half stropping (10 canvas and 20 leather) and do a HHT. It always struggles a bit more at 4k than 5k, but the edge cuts hair close to the hold point, and importantly, cuts the same toe, heel, and middle. I know the bevel is perfectly set.
Easy pie from here on, my normal honing sequence of 8k and koma nagura before finishing on the 'sunrise stone', a hard and very fine jnat which yields a super smooth edge. I call it the sunrise stone because Japan is the land of the rising sun and the hones come from a mountain. If you look, you can see a silhouette of a mountain with the sunrise behind it, outlining the mountain. Pictures in stone, cool.
Super smooth butterknife edge, mission accomplished.
Cheers, Steve
That is an interesting stone. Is the 'sunrise' still visible when wet?? Where can I find one?:hmmm:
Beautiful stone.
I can see from the wedge you also have a shrinking Imp.....:D
Hey Tim, yep a shrunken Imp, that's how you know it's real. Lol.
Jehler, 'sunrise' is more visible when wet, wetting a stone increases the saturation of the colors I assume by reducing light scattering from the surface. There are all sorts of interesting jnats out there, all different. This one is probably a Nakayama or one of the nearby mines, the 'mountain and sunrise' are actually a distorted ring pattern of iron-bearing orange yake, which not surprisingly means 'sunset or sunrise' in Japanese.
Cheers, Steve