Thread: Hone of the Day

12-22-23.

Finished up a mighty sharp looking razor today! A kikubushi Orion, my hopes are really high for this one! Went thru the same shapton progression 1k thru 8k, then to my brick jnat for a nagura work over! Under the loupe the edge looks flawless , will have results Sunday!

Wow.!! Been awhile, here. Sure is quiet.

A fresh restore and hone up on a Frederick Reynolds, Celebrated razor.

1K Chosera.
Butterscotch Washita.
Unknown JNat
Finished on blue/green Escher.

Finished up this big ole tosuke kamisori last night.
Shapton pro 1k thru 8
Jnat with a full nagura progression

This razor lived up to the hype, effortless bbs shave.

Kamisoris are just cool

Finally got round to fixing the edge on a razor I dropped before Xmas. Was my favourite shaver so been missing it. Is actually part of a 4 razor set so did another at the same time for a spare just in case. Chosera 1k, Naniwa SS 3,5,8,12, Gok 20k the a coticule I got with the razors. Were originally owned by a barber and the edge off the coticule is excellent.

Since I had stones out I did some knives too. Naniwa SS1k followed by black trans Ark. Victrinox knives are for the wife. Others are mine.

S Crookes & Son, full Ark progression
Got this razor finished with restoration last night and decided to do a full Ark progression. This was no easy task as this is possibly the hardest steel I have worked with in as long as I can remember. It was an easy 1500 laps, maybe 2K.

Started on an heirloom calico Washita
Moved to a Pike Nº 1 Washita, most versatile stone I own
Next a newly acquired Pike Lily White Washita
(Heavy on the Washitas in this progression)
Finished on a transluscent Norton HB 6 hard Ark
Can't wait for morning to test shave.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

S Crookes & Son, full Ark progression
Got this razor finished with restoration last night and decided to do a full Ark progression. This was no easy task as this is possibly the hardest steel I have worked with in as long as I can remember. It was an easy 1500 laps, maybe 2K.

Started on an heirloom calico Washita
Moved to a Pike Nº 1 Washita, most versatile stone I own
Next a newly acquired Pike Lily White Washita
(Heavy on the Washitas in this progression)
Finished on a transluscent Norton HB 6 hard Ark
Can't wait for morning to test shave.

Yeah...That's dedication to arks. That's an all day event, going bevel to finish on Arks.

Nah. Hour and a half, maybe two the way I do it. I do sets of down and back half Xs; sets of 10 then 5 then 3 then 1