Quote Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan View Post
So here's something I didn't expect.

I finished up that T. Scargill with an Escher/Thuringian.

I finished the Turner with an Arkansas.

Both gave nice, smooth shaves with no harshness.

For me, though my beard isn't dense it does need a fairly sharp razor. Both of these razors were sharp, but I'm not picking up that harsh edge (like I've gotten from a Ralf Aust that is perhaps too sharp).

Over the next few weeks I'm going to be testing approximately 10 razors and I'll split them between the Ark and Escher. I want to see if I can tell a difference.

Here's what could have affected things: I did some laps on a Seuhiro Gokumyo 15k before moving to the Ark and Escher.

For the next razors, I might stop at maybe a 10k or something similar before moving on to the finisher.
I look forward to hearing your results on this. Though I have and love several Arks, the only Escher I own is the ubiquitous "Celebrated Water Hone" (which I would use more if it were bigger than 1x5"). If I remember right, you bought that sweet Escher from our BST some months back before I could pull the trigger on it, right? My little one leaves a wonderful smooth edge seemingly no matter how I use it, but it seems to shine most on smiling Sheffields, wonky grinds, and hard steel. I have also used it at times to smooth an overly-sharp edge that was too harsh. I have even used it to make "thuri slurry" for other natural finishers, which worked best on my Zulu Grey.

I love these kinds of experiments! If you're not always experimenting, you might as well shave with disposable cartridges IMO. Keep us posted!