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Thread: Coticule and Escher....What Grit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
    If the 0.25 micron diamond will pull it off then that's probably the way to go unless you just really dislike paddles. I never got new-feather levels of of sharp out of my 0.25 micron paddle, though the 15k Shapton followed by a good stropping on newsprint would frequently do it. I just ordered some 0.1 micron diamond to try, and I've got some more vellum on the way as well. I'll get back with the forum in a week or so with the results.
    That's gonna be mighty sharp. You be filleting hairs and then filleting the fillets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elbonator View Post
    That's gonna be mighty sharp. You be filleting hairs and then filleting the fillets.
    That's a good description of day-1 feather sharp. It's pretty spooky, even after you're used to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
    I never got new-feather levels of of sharp out of my 0.25 micron paddle, though the 15k Shapton followed by a good stropping on newsprint would frequently do it.
    I have yet to try this newsprint thing. Nor have I really tried diamond. (I just use coticule and chrome oxide for refreshes.) From what I understand diamond is hella sharp, but sometimes harsh depending on your skin type. Is the newsprint smoother?

    If I remember Papabull's advice, you take three sheets and wrap 'em tight around a hone. Right?

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    One sheet will do it, you'll get 3-5 layers wrapped around by the time you're done.

    Newsprint produces a very smooth edge. But on some razors it also produces a duller edge, and I can't really figure out a rhyme or reason why. Some of my favorite razors get dull on newsprint, and some of my really mediocre shavers become stars. I'm hoping 0.1 micron diamond will do the same thing as newsprint but be more consistent about it.

    I'm pretty certain its the black ink doing the work. I've tried blank or colored sections of the newspaper and they don't seem to do a thing. I've tried the free weekly papers with the white-on-black ads for local musical acts and they consistently dull the edge, but around here they are printed on heavier paper than the daily paper so that may be the problem. I've tried plain carbon black on newspaper and got insane results *once* and was never able to repeat it again <sob>. Besides the consistency issue, the other problem with newsprint is that a sheet is only good for one or two uses, and I don't take the newspaper so it's kind of annoying.
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    You know, the times I've tried this I think I used pages with color photographs on them. I'll have to revisit this and do some experimenting.

    Josh

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    I'm partial to the classifieds. This is probably the highest ink:space ratio in the entire paper, except for B/W photos.
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