Thread: What's Your Touch-Up Sequence

It seems there is a pattern:

Drop to the 8K for 10, maybe 5 more reaaaalllly slow ones to damp, PHIG or Naniwa 12k.

Fabric, leather, shave.

Usually the 8k, then an Escher, J nat, or Charnley. Sometimes, I'll break out the Coti in lieu of an 8k, and sometimes, I'll break out the Shoubudani with Nagura and just use that....Like I did yesterday for that big ugly Filarmonica 13 they sold at Classic, I think. It's about 15/16, and does not like taking an edge. It didn't respond well to my Nagura system, so, I'll re set the bevel, and try something else...It shaves like a rusty steak knife....But it looks good.....!

How conform we all are

I usually do 5-10 strokes with a hint of slurry, then 10-15 without on my 10K, then on to a finisher.
I tend to strop rather vigorously the first time after touching up, about 60 Linen and 60 leather.

I like to catch my razors at the first hint of roughness before the actual sharpness starts to go so depending on the razor 20 passes on the Coticule or Escher or maybe just the CrO. I don't drop down unless I've let the razor actually begin to dull a tad.

Wow, lots of guys dropping right down to 8k to touchup their razors.....

I try to keep it simple: 3 seperate touchups with chrome (length of time in between indeterminate) before going to a finishing hone. I sometimes let my razors go a little too long before touching them up, and I've never had to drop below a 12k or coti w/ medium-light slurry.

Five strokes on a barber hone and I'm done!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Five strokes on a barber hone and I'm done!

+1. I have one razor that hasn't seen anything but a Swaty for over a year.

So it's looking so far like there are two main camps.

The is the pragmatic "I know what gets me touched up and I use it consistantly" camp (which I fall into).

Then there is the artists "I work my way back" camp, or as Utopian put it, "the sneak up" method.

I suspect there is a lot of personality that leads people into one camp or the other.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Five strokes on a barber hone and I'm done!

Same for me, Why go to extra and unnecessary work?

20-30 strokes on the Chinese waterstone.

Edit: 12000 grit eliminated