Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Jonathan, at the Michigan meet I'll have my Ali's Blade and my Gipson blade. You can check em out, both are superb shavers and I've got around 5-6 shaves on both. Edges ar still very keen.

I am going to reach out to Nate Zowanda, he is coming like to see his blades. Joe Edison caught my eye. Anything you want me to bring for hones? Play with a Nakayama ?? Bring something that is just bevel set. Call it since we have the shop to ourselves. Oh I was thinking about bringing a Duck with a round tip for you.

You ever want to try a couple different makers let me know, I'll hook you up too. Tc

Got the D.H. Lory 'Gibraltor' honed up this evening.

I had only one goal tonight and that was to get a bevel that would cut hairs. I got into a bad habit of just using a TPT to check the bevel because i was running out of hair on my arms. Well i recently discovered my thighs are covered with hair and usually unseen by the world.

So i spent a little extra time on this one and got a nice thin hair poppin bevel off the 1K with one layer of tape. Took it up to 12k as per my usual procedure.

I got a good shave from it, but the point got me a few times.







Heres to razors

When your wife/girlfriend refers to you as Patches, you might be a honer.
If people stare at your non dominant arm because its hairless, you might be a honer.
If you think nothing of testing straights on your belly and or underarm hair you might be a honer.
If you have permanent micro slices/ a thick linear callus on your opposite hand your might be a honer.
When you take a nail file to your callus to get feeling back into your TPT spot you might be a honer.

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

If you think nothing of testing straights on your belly and or underarm hair you might be a honer.

Ewwwwwwww !

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Jonathan, at the Michigan meet I'll have my Ali's Blade and my Gipson blade. You can check em out, both are superb shavers and I've got around 5-6 shaves on both. Edges ar still very keen.

This is the first I've seen about a Michigan meet; are you able to mention anything about it - when, where,etc?

Originally Posted by Learner

This is the first I've seen about a Michigan meet; are you able to mention anything about it - when, where,etc?

Yes Sir,
Please see the Search box. Type in Michigan Meet.
Hope to see you there. Lots of info

Kamisori Edge Repair

The Before

Some of the chips in the edge





Oooooooooo the heel






Used the DMT 525 to remove the bad steel at about a 30° angle then switched to the Chosera 1k to pull everything back into line with 1 layer of tape

Once every thing was even and clean I went back to Ratios of 10:1 on the 1k
Chosera 5k and I was at 7:1
Chosera 10k at 5:1

Switched to the Nakayama at 3:1 using the Ole' Yeller Nagura

Finally a sweet hazy bevel and an even shaving edge





Love honing me some Kamisori

Thanks Glen. I can't wait to try it out.

A couple from the work bench tonite. A Geo.Wostenholm & Son, Conqueror. And Garantie 25, from Solengin.
Removing chips and setting the bevels with 1000 chosera, and progressing up 5,8, and 12000 Naniwas. And finishing on a slurried-water blue/ green Thurigan. One for tomorrow, the other for Sunday's shave.