Thread: Hone of the Day

First time honing this recent acquisition- 6/8 full hollow Carl Monkhouse C-Mon. Bevel set on Chosera 1k, then on to the good old Norton 4/8 and finished on a lvl5 Ozuku Asagi. The resulting shave was oh so very smooth. This is my second C-Mon to hone and damn I love 'em. Happy holidays and happy shaves friends.

I don't have a picture today to share sadly.. Today my friend brought over his razor to hone.. a GD 208.. F*** I thought to myself while telling him no problem. I'll get it done for you tomorrow.. Anyways added a layer of tape and took it to my king 1k. Took about an hour and a half of x strokes. Bevel set... Then to BBW with slurry diluted to water and jumped to coti with water.. Shave was passable .. not very close but still a shave.. I want to get it a bit better so I'm thinking some more strokes on the coticule with a hint of slurry will fix this problem.. Still I don't have enough time really since my family is hosting a Christmas eve party.. Should I give it too him passable or wait and fix it up right.. I am already giving him a shave ready razor to use...

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

I don't have a picture today to share sadly.. Today my friend brought over his razor to hone.. a GD 208.. F*** I thought to myself while telling him no problem. I'll get it done for you tomorrow.. Anyways added a layer of tape and took it to my king 1k. Took about an hour and a half of x strokes. Bevel set... Then to BBW with slurry diluted to water and jumped to coti with water.. Shave was passable .. not very close but still a shave.. I want to get it a bit better so I'm thinking some more strokes on the coticule with a hint of slurry will fix this problem.. Still I don't have enough time really since my family is hosting a Christmas eve party.. Should I give it too him passable or wait and fix it up right.. I am already giving him a shave ready razor to use...

If he has a good shave ready blade in his hand just wait until you are satisfied that you have done the very best job that you can do. There is no guarantee it will be a wow shave but you should be confident that this is as good of a job as you can do.

This is a Stainless Heljestrand that I struggled with. Went with ... you know..
I did finish on the hone itself raised a slurry that was blue greyish with a DMT 1200
I did full progression boton nagura through mejiro .



Thanks all.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

Should I give it too him passable or wait and fix it up right.. I am already giving him a shave ready razor to use...

I have a theory about this: Anything worth doing is worth doing right. I'll skip my second tenet "Perfect is good enough" and agree with rezdog in this case: Do your very best and you will be better and happier for it. Anything less and you'll only have regret.

Originally Posted by jnats

I have a theory about this: Anything worth doing is worth doing right. I'll skip my second tenant "Perfect is good enough" and agree with rezdog in this case: Do you're very best and you will be better and happier for it. Anything less and you'll only have regret.

I didn't think I ever was going to give it to him like that. I am giving him a shave ready razor so he can use that until I give him this one.. It is a GD so I'm not expecting an amazing shaver I just know I can do better. I mean it shaved but it wasn't up to my standards.. I think i'll add a layer of tape in the morning and do some x strokes on water only coticule.

DAMN I was saving my 1000th post for Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

DAMN I was saving my 1000th post for Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well merry Christmas to me! I feel like the belle of the ball.

I believe Abraham Lincoln said
" To make ones way forward with an inferior solution is not making your way forward at all"
It fits when I look for the easy button. And it always happens when its for somebody elses razor.
I get a case of the nerves and anal puckering.
If I hone for free it all goes away.
I am a hobbyist that likes the proffesionals tools.
Thanks to Glenn for starting this thread and introducing so many of us to the variations of honing and terms like
Jointing bevels and crushed slurry terms that scrambles my eggs.
jnats and his introduction to another world whose terminology I have yet to fully digest.Modine with a hone I never heard of till you shared. Thanks to all members.
Soldier your making good progress. Way beyond the midrange hones thread. Your rocking it with the rest of us, good work.
My current situation is not my final destination. Smooth shaves that are reproduce-able are my New years goal.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

I don't have a picture today to share sadly.. Today my friend brought over his razor to hone.. a GD 208.. F*** I thought to myself while telling him no problem. I'll get it done for you tomorrow.. Anyways added a layer of tape and took it to my king 1k. Took about an hour and a half of x strokes. Bevel set... Then to BBW with slurry diluted to water and jumped to coti with water.. Shave was passable .. not very close but still a shave.. I want to get it a bit better so I'm thinking some more strokes on the coticule with a hint of slurry will fix this problem.. Still I don't have enough time really since my family is hosting a Christmas eve party.. Should I give it too him passable or wait and fix it up right.. I am already giving him a shave ready razor to use...

Maybe your honing ability will coincide withe his shaving ability.

As you learn so will he.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

I don't have a picture today to share sadly.. Today my friend brought over his razor to hone.. a GD 208.. F*** I thought to myself while telling him no problem. I'll get it done for you tomorrow.. Anyways added a layer of tape and took it to my king 1k. Took about an hour and a half of x strokes. Bevel set... Then to BBW with slurry diluted to water and jumped to coti with water.. Shave was passable .. not very close but still a shave.. I want to get it a bit better so I'm thinking some more strokes on the coticule with a hint of slurry will fix this problem.. Still I don't have enough time really since my family is hosting a Christmas eve party.. Should I give it too him passable or wait and fix it up right.. I am already giving him a shave ready razor to use...

The Gold Dollar and some Chinese razors are the exception to the “Do not bevel set on diamonds”, rule. The steel can be very hard. I put 2 layers of tape and set the bevel on a 1k diamond plate. Once you get the bevels to meet, joint the edge and put 1 layer of tape and re set the bevel on the 1k. With a king a bit of slurry helps. Check your tape often and change at the slightest dragging feeling. It should not take too many laps to re set the angle and get the bevels meeting, do not use too much pressure.

Joint the edge again and with heavy slurry on the BBW bring the edges to meeting again, then finish on the coticule. Stay on the BBW until all the 1k stria Is removed. A 4/8 Norton would make your life a lot easier, just saying…

The trick is to get a good bevel set with fully flat bevels and nice straight edge before the finish stone and make sure the stabilizers are not hitting. They are a lot of work. But once set up properly re-honing is not too bad.