Thread: The Famous/Infamous Norton 4/8 "JaNorton 2012"

Ill play along and do a writeup. I was planning on rehoning a bunch of my rotation anyway.

I have never honed a razor before but was planning on giving it a try. I just got my Norton 4000/8000 in the mail yesterday. Something tells me I will be in the "try to avoid doing what he did" catagory for a while. This should be fun!

I am just about to purchase a 4k/8k norton. Can I tag along as a learning exercise?

Originally Posted by mav13

I am just about to purchase a 4k/8k norton. Can I tag along as a learning exercise?

Absolutely !!!!!

You new honers are most welcome on this, your journeys though out this might actually be the most beneficial for so many more of the new guys to SRP The better you document the better for you and other guys later, as they can learn from your Success and Failure thoughout the month...

I'll give it a try, I've only ever gone up to 8k but have only sharpened my razors once or twice myself

-Dan-

Originally Posted by Martin103

I guess my biggest problem would be to pick two razors that are fairly easy to hone what should i avoid?

I'm going with a CMon Diamond (full hollow) and a Joseph Rogers (half hollow.) I think this is going to be an excellent exercise. Like one stone honing, I think it helps refine honing technique.

OK, Glen. I'm up for it.

Playing Devil's advocate though, I foresee someone who just blew a wad of cash on the latest/greatest finisher getting his nose out of joint after reading the findings.

You know the guy who drops a coupl'a K every year on new sticks and still can't break 80? Don't say to him; "Ya know Hogan and Jones hit in the 60's with persimmon and blades."

Jimbo/oldschooltools

Oh man....this thread is going to get crazy out of hand. I love it.

Originally Posted by Maxi

Oh man....this thread is going to get crazy out of hand. I love it.

Yes and it didnt even start yet and my inbox is loaded!!!!!!!!

For those of you giving this a whirl, I'll try to post a new video on both the circle method and the pyramid method for reference. The only other consistent method I know of is to stay on the 4K until it cuts arm hair and then do 5-10 strokes on the 8K, strop and test shave and then tinker with an additional 1-3 strokes on the 8K as needed. All other methods welcome! The main thing for me is having a razor with the bevel set to start with. If we are going only off the 4K vs. a 1K for bevel setting, we will have some fun.