Thread: Hone of the Day

Pics are OK , but have you shave with the razor yet
Those kind of kiita - asagi stones hard and very agresive cuting , tend to leave a litle harsh edje sometimes

So got to rehone the Dorko sooner than thought. I went to try take some bevel pics and found very small bites out of the edge. It's probably my own fault. For a very short period of time when a newb I used to use the dmt to start the bevels so this is probably damage done by that as haven't set since. I re set the bevel on the Chosera 1k then to the naniwa ss 3, 5 and 8. Then to the Narutaki with asano nagura then just the stone first with slurry then clear water. No edge issue after stropping so shave test tonight.

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Pics are OK , but have you shave with the razor yet
Those kind of kiita - asagi stones hard and very agresive cuting , tend to leave a litle harsh edje sometimes

I refreshed 3 different razors made from 3 different steels yesterday and all gave me similar "visual" results. I completely agree that scope pics are good but the shave test is king. In this case the shave was superb. The blade was super sharp yet super smooth. The results from this Ozuku Asagi so far have been great.

Mid range j-nat prep on Lauterjung Tiger for the SOTD thread.


Here is a unique striped thruringian with light green slurry. This stone was acquired from a jeweler. Very fine final finisher.


Shave test positive. Keep on honing!

Originally Posted by MODINE

Here is a unique striped thruringian with light green slurry. This stone was acquired from a jeweler. Very fine final finisher.

OOooooooooooo Pretty


REALLY like the looks on that one

A new Dorko BUND - ROSTFREI / stainless steel / from the flea market . Those stupid people did not stop chiping brand new razors, NOS blades , truyng to sharpen a pensils with them
AND when they chip the blade heavyly , they decide to sell it
Anyway chiped ,never used Dorko 6/8 - a 5/8 now
I hone it and i shave with it - Amazing shave. Very good stainless steel , reminiscent of the Friodur stainless steel of Henkels
Hones of the day are - first my grinder , after Diamand plate 600 grit, Makitta 1200 stone / Suehiro deluxe 1200 / and full progretion of Micawa nagura on a ultra hard Assagi stone from Maruoyama
Finish on Nakyama green tomae . Pure leather 70 - 80 laps on a padle and shave with the Silk Pajamas shaving soap
I wish those people left the razors alone and not chiping and breaking them so nasty evey time .

Originally Posted by RusenBG

A new Dorko BUND - ROSTFREI / stainless steel / from the flea market . Those stupid people did not stop chiping brand new razors, NOS blades , truyng to sharpen a pensils with them
AND when they chip the blade heavyly , they decide to sell it
Anyway chiped ,never used Dorko 6/8 - a 5/8 now
I hone it and i shave with it - Amazing shave. Very good stainless steel , reminiscent of the Friodur stainless steel of Henkels
Hones of the day are - first my grinder , after Diamand plate 600 grit, Makitta 1200 stone / Suehiro deluxe 1200 / and full progretion of Micawa nagura on a ultra hard Assagi stone from Maruoyama
Finish on Nakyama green tomae . Pure leather 70 - 80 laps on a padle and shave with the Silk Pajamas shaving soap
I wish those people left the razors alone and not chiping and breaking them so nasty evey time .

Nice rock collection

Touched up a Schœn Burg frameback that was rescaled by Stefan on a hard fine karasu. Silent HHT root in or root out, this is a good blade.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by RusenBG

A new Dorko BUND - ROSTFREI / stainless steel / from the flea market . Those stupid people did not stop chiping brand new razors, NOS blades , truyng to sharpen a pensils with them
AND when they chip the blade heavyly , they decide to sell it
Anyway chiped ,never used Dorko 6/8 - a 5/8 now
I hone it and i shave with it - Amazing shave. Very good stainless steel , reminiscent of the Friodur stainless steel of Henkels
Hones of the day are - first my grinder , after Diamand plate 600 grit, Makitta 1200 stone / Suehiro deluxe 1200 / and full progretion of Micawa nagura on a ultra hard Assagi stone from Maruoyama
Finish on Nakyama green tomae . Pure leather 70 - 80 laps on a padle and shave with the Silk Pajamas shaving soap
I wish those people left the razors alone and not chiping and breaking them so nasty evey time .

I'm green with envy.

Plan is to take a W&B 8/8 for a refresh to the Nani 12k, which always works for me, but this time, going to try going to go to this Escher after to get a nice smooth Escher edge. Tried this before, and it never seems to work, any insights as to how I should approach this? I realize I'm going potentially back in grit from the 12k, but I still should be able to finish on this stone. I've just tried refreshing only using the Escher before, same as with the Nani 12k, 20 laps, no more, and doesn't seem to refresh the edge.

Here's the stone I'm going to use, this seems to be an older Escher stone, very dark blue, almost black in colour.

Massive frustration and rage sure to follow, but here's the plan for a nice Sunday afternoon....