Thread: Honing a Gold Dollar is hard!

Dude, really…. You need some stones.

A 4/8 or 3/8 and a King 1k if it is a budget issue.

Hmm, Best of luck with the knife sharpener. While holding a precise angle is very important, the straight razor has built in angle holders, you Almond like to experiment, I get that, but in order to avoid Honing problems, you must try to stick to Proven methods of honing that have worked very well for Hundreds of years, after that it is time to make advancements in honing technology and New methods.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

“I do not hone it in conventional way, but use it as Edge pro apex style stone on razor rather than razor on stone because it is so small.”

Well… there’s your problem…

I don't have a problem. I did a shave test with that yesterday, a dry shave without soap and the first pass was better than the ones honed in conventional way.

really didn't want to advertise that without repeating it, so I kept quiet.

The B. S. ,, Oh the B. S. A gold dollar s hard to hone, see I,m back on topic, by the way, it might shave your face, but then again I don't know if your only 15 with two hairs on your chin, so if you really think you can hone send it to one of us who really shave, we,ll tell ya how your doing, Just a thought, but with your vast experience it should be right huh? Tc

Now there you go, woke up T.C.

Guess you could use an Edge Pro, I thought, you were honing on Edge Pro stones.

But really, why? Shaveable and a good shave are two very different things.

Hey, if you think it’s working for you… Rock On.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

The B. S. ,, Oh the B. S. A gold dollar s hard to hone, see I,m back on topic, by the way, it might shave your face, but then again I don't know if your only 15 with two hairs on your chin, so if you really think you can hone send it to one of us who really shave, we,ll tell ya how your doing, Just a thought, but with your vast experience it should be right huh? Tc

lol .. I don't have a problem, it's you who has a problem. Shaved with it today, and it did a better job taking away hair from the chin and no cuts. In a single pass, it felt more smooth than a double pass on a progressively honed GD. Once I complete 50 shaves with it, maybe I can send it over to you, and you can take a look at this chinese marvel. And mind you, I just strop it 10 times, not more.

anyways with this experience I now understand why mastro livi hones only upto 3k. That's probably enough.

Originally Posted by almond

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anyways with this experience I now understand why mastro livi hones only upto 3k. That's probably enough.

It's my guess that Mastro Livi is using the same hones that he has used most of his life. This would explain any success that he may have at that level. Neither you nor I, are skilled enough to follow his method. You will need more hones I'm afraid.

Hmm, What would M. Livi do, Almond knows. Last night I put an edge on my GD 100 and it was an effortless shave this am.

Sure glad you know it all Almond.

Originally Posted by almond

anyways with this experience I now understand why mastro livi hones only upto 3k. That's probably enough.

What is your basis for this claim?

Originally Posted by Utopian

What is your basis for this claim?

Methinks he doth pull his Wisdom from his Fundament...