Thread: Are You A Real Man? Do You Think You Can Hone? Shave Off Of Your 1k Hone

That my friend is a very old Henckels 8.
The "scratches" on the strop actually came from the heel of my hand :-0
They are from yesterday when I was getting it ready for its maiden voyage.
Apparently I need better lotion, or a better scrub brush.

Indeed! I have rubbed the old boarhides a lot, but never managed that.
Some mink oil! Rub it out!

Lubriderm daily moisture for the paws.

Originally Posted by RezDog

That my friend is a very old Henckels 8.
The "scratches" on the strop actually came from the heel of my hand :-0
They are from yesterday when I was getting it ready for its maiden voyage.
Apparently I need better lotion, or a better scrub brush.

Do you wear high heels?

Originally Posted by Kees

Do you wear high heels?

No. But I have to wonder why you would ask.
Is that a pick up line?

Yes, Rez is more of a 'flats' type.

Seriously, Ron, I am one who never did the proper flip on the hones.
Too late for me!

In fact, I have not laid blade to stone in over a month now.
Plenty to shave with and simple stropping and shaving is the current program.
No time for experimentation, but looking forward to seeing how you guys get on here.

High heels aside!

Today is my Friday.
I got a brand new chorsea1k that hasnt even been lapped.
Being so new to honing there is no telling how this will turn out but im willing to give it a go. I know i can find a razor of some sort to use.

Crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. Ive tried to shave off a 1k before but i dont think i had gotten the bevel right in the first place so it was a no go. Hoping to do better this time.

Good luck all.

I thought I would push the limits a little more…

I spent 3 minutes on a gold dollar fresh off the grinder and honed it all the way up to a 600 grit edge. The spine was taped first with green tape and "finished" with black tape. Then I stropped it on newspaper for 10 strokes to clear off residual grit. This was followed by 50 strokes on linen and 100 on leather.

I lathered up some Tabac and did a two pass shave. I got a good enough shave with only a bit of irritation on a tiny patch near my adam's apple.

Have fun!

I think that if I stropped my razor with cerium 100x and then another 100x on linen and 300x more on leather it would be a comfortable shave. I can certainly see how simply using pastes and a 1or 4K hone, along with regular stropping, could keep you shaving forever.

Originally Posted by RezDog

No. But I have to wonder why you would ask.
Is that a pick up line?

It was meant to be a joke. In case you feel offended: my apologies.
You wrote that the heel of your hand caused scratches on the strop, The only heels I know that cause scratches are high heels. That's all.

Originally Posted by Kees

It was meant to be a joke. In case you feel offended: my apologies.
You wrote that the heel of your hand caused scratches on the strop, The only heels I know that cause scratches are high heels. That's all.

I thought you were messing with me in a jovial manner and thought I should throw some back.
Incidentally I did some rubbing of that strop and it's fine. Those were not real scratches just some light rub marks.
Around here it is often said, pics or it didn't happen.