Thread: Hone of the Day

Joseph Roberts & Sons on a 8" x 2" vintage coti

Vintage Thuringian. My first attempt on touching up an edge on a stone.

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.

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.



{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.

Ahhh, there's the Hess #1 you spoke of! Good to see it on the hones (as is the Henckels 14).

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