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Honing someone else's razor
Yesterday had the chance to hone my brother-in-law's Dovo Bismark 2. (Solingen - 6/8" FH)
Despite having started a few months before me with a straight razor, my brother-in-law has never deepened the subject, ad sporadically uses his Dovo Bismark 2, sharpened by the shopkeeper where he bought it. However, he has always complained of a shave that is not completely satisfactory, with some tearing and not very comfortable.
So yesterday I checked it and It seemed to me that there were no problems in the cutting capacity of the bevel (finger and treetop tests passed) but had a not so so straigt edge (as well as a not too "refined" bevel) when seen under the microscope.
I decided to hone it using one of the best sequences I've actually tested on this thread. I.e. Nakayama Kiita Koppa + Black Tsushima's slurry + Asagi Tomo's Slurry.
Used 1 Layer of Kapton tape.
Microscopic results were as expected and, after the final strop, the blade easily passed finger and treetop tests.
The shave test went good too. My brother-in-law found it close and way smoother/confortable than before.
Being the bevel very narrow had some difficulties with lights when shooting images, but think that despite it they are sufficiently legible.
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