What have you honed recently?

**Joed** · 07-14-2010, 12:58 AM

Jr is with is for the first part of his summer vacation and we decided to spend a day at the US side of Niagara Falls, no razor stuff. Wouldn't ya know we passed an estate sale! Had to stop in. Well, at the start of the day we didn't have any new razors to buff, grind or hone. By the end of the day we did. We also hit an antique shop here and there as we passed them, some yard sales too. I thought I had this RAD under control.

By the time we headed home we had 21 razors priced between $2 and $10, one for $15 and one for $18. Between this past Thursday and Sunday we put all but three back into service. Some were just Massed, some buffed, some on the greaseless and one had a scale swap from a razor with a major chip which is not listed here. I have a group pic of the first batch that were just Massed and honed. Of the group two were previous purchases that needed to be cleaned up after we inspected the rotation last month and re-honed. Jr took individual pics of the razors after honing so if you would like to see any in particular just ask. Also included is a short vid (if the link works) of 100+ laps on a coti in 1 min 38 seconds. I don't do well when I'm trying to prove something so bare with it.

THe razors pictured are Peters Brothers, WK & C Peace, Johnathan Crooks, Mappin and Webb, Geo. Korn Fit-U, Worchester, Heljistrand, WH Morley and Sons Clover Brand, Wade and Butcher, Craftsman, Wade and Butcher "Blank for Concave".

The list of razors I have individual pics of are:
Baby Gold Bug - 5/8
Boker Red Injun - 5/8
Boker King Cutter - 5/8
C. V. Heljestrand - 5/8
Craftsman - Richartz - 11/16
Geo. W. Korn Razor Mrg. Co. - 6/8
Griffon - 6/8 (Scale swap)
J. A. Henckels - 11/16
Kiebitz Garanite - 5/8
Kinfolk Incorpora - 5/8
Rich Cutlery Co. - 5/8
Saunders - 6/8
W. K. & C. Peace - 7/8
W.H. Morley Clover Brand - 5/8
Wade and Butcher - 5/8
Wade and Butcher - 5/8
Wm. Elliot & Co - 11/16
Worchester - 11/16

All razors noted above were honed between this past Thursday and Sunday morning. The hones pictured are Nortons from 1 k to 8k (of a 3-8 combo w/ 8k side down) Naniwa Chosera 1k, Naniwa Super Stone in 5k and 8k, Coti, Escher and C12k.

Note: If you request individual pics I will post them in a thread in the Show and Tell forum and pop a link to them in this thread.

Here's the vid: YouTube - 100_2329.MOV

**holli4pirating** · 07-14-2010, 01:09 AM

Another item to add to my list of things you have that I want - video camera.

That is one heck of a hit list of razors! As always, thanks for sharing.

I honed two of my razors in my last batch of honing - a little Cmon Quarter hollow and a chrome plated (at least I'm pretty sure it's chrome plated) Geneva. My progression was DMT1.2k, Naniwa SS 5k, Naniwa SS 8k (and as I've been doing recently, no "finisher").

**basil** · 07-14-2010, 01:13 AM

I honed my grelot this morning after my shave.

It was tugging just a bit so I did about 50 passes on the coti. The heel was sharp but the toe was just lacking a bit.

Is this normal for one part to be sharper than the other? I do tend to shave more with the toe than any other part of the blade.

**janivar123** · 07-14-2010, 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by basil

I honed my grelot this morning after my shave.

It was tugging just a bit so I did about 50 passes on the coti. The heel was sharp but the toe was just lacking a bit.

Is this normal for one part to be sharper than the other? I do tend to shave more with the toe than any other part of the blade.

yes it is normal intill you learn how to hone that blade properly
i have blades i can hone right and those i dont

**JimmyHAD** · 07-14-2010, 01:55 AM

Holy moly Captain Marvel !! Joe I don't even strop that fast let alone hone.

I take my hat off to you. You also have me beat with RAD. Heckuva haul and all look to be good ones but I guess that is a given or they wouldn't be there. My last honing was a few days ago messing with a Robert Williams that I got long ago. Needed some attention. Before that a couple of Charlie Lewis's framebacks that I have been fooling with. Slow but I'll get there eventually.

**Hawkeye5** · 07-14-2010, 02:18 AM

Last one I did was a Sta-Sharp that needed a chip removed from the edge. It also had some funky previous hone wear.

I use a DMT 325 for work like this. Might be overkill, but I keep a light touch. Taped spine, more because I didn't want to make the hone wear worse while using the DMT.

My normal practice is a Shapton progression of 2000, 4000, 8000, and 16,000. But as I have read that Sta-Sharps might be prone to micro-chipping I used a vintage Thuringian to finish.

**Stubear** · 07-14-2010, 07:48 AM

Nice score! Theres some real lookers in there, hope you enjoy 'em!

Hitting some antique stores is going to be on my list of things to do when I next come to the US. We're sadly lacking in razor related stuff in London, and what you do find is invariably overpriced.

I'll have to check out the video at home, as its blocked at work..!

**ianp1966** · 07-14-2010, 11:15 AM

Loved the video ! i too wish we had more places to go looking for decent razors in the UK

ian

**BlacknTan** · 07-14-2010, 01:22 PM

I just honed my latest acquitition yesterday afternoon, A Gebruder Weyersberg Corneta Model 078 1/2. I've never seen this model before..

It's in my SOTD picture for today! (as soon as i get it posted)

**MODINE** · 07-14-2010, 04:44 PM

Beautiful haul, that has to be exciting when you come across bundle like that. Attached is a note I just sent to a fellow SRPer this morning regarding touch ups and honing.

Morning Joe;
I got to try out the diamond spray on the Spyderco fine hone last night. I used it on my Iwasaki’s, the laminated Swedish steel and the Tamahaghane steel. My normal progression is to use the $500.00 J-Nat (expressly for the Tamahaghane) followed by the Yellow Green Escher with very light pressure. The kamisori is a different animal to hone due to the grind as you will discover.

I have never been over whelmed by the edge on the Tamahaghane razor which I told you at BJs if you recall. This time I just used the Spyderco with the diamond spray on both razors. Lynn used the term” Woke up” to describe the effects of the diamond spray. The diamond spray on the Spyderco fine hone really woke up the Tamahaghane Iwasaki!

Both razors passed the HHT. The Tamahaghane gave me the best shave I have been able to get out of it this morning. Yay. Basically I just stropped on leather after using the spray. Stropping techniques for the kamisori are a little different too from my experience.

The Swedish steel laminate Iwasaki did not exhibit the same effect. Perhaps it was not in as dire need of waking up as the Tamahaghane version. Perhaps it was the high carbon content of the Tamahaghane that responded to the spray. I don’t know. It definitely deserves more experimentation. Thanks for the Spyderco hone with the sample of diamond spray. What micron particulate size was it? I will order some.
Sincerely;
Mike

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