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

This morning was good. Not perfect by far. Give me some thoughts to improve it. LOL
Tim

I honed my second choice today. A Henckels twinworks Friday. I got thinking and lazy and didn't count the strokes on the 4 k. This was given to me by a friend that got it on eBay. Setting the bevel will vary by the blade and I wouldn't have started with the 4k if not for this experiment.

Once I got the bevel I did 40 on the 8k with light slurry to none. I have a 50x scope and didn't notice any difference after 25 in the scratch pattern.

I then stropped 25 on linen and 50 on leather. It took off the whiskers but it was harsh.

I think for me the challenge is going to be how to finish on the 8k.

Tim

My entries into the norton. not honed yet but both had been sitting around waiting for a reason to be cleaned up and put into rotation. An old French frameback and an interesting IXL Wosty.
Paul
or after laughing and liking glen's video should it be "Ja Norton"?

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

My entries into the norton. not honed yet but both had been sitting around waiting for a reason to be cleaned up and put into rotation. An old French frameback and an interesting IXL Wosty.
Paul
or after laughing and liking glen's video should it be "Ja Norton"?

Beautiful razors what is the marking on the french frameback?

O.K. Glen,

I'll try with the rest of the beginners. I have a couple of very old and beat up razors that I will use starting in January. Regards to all!!! Tom

Originally Posted by Martin103

Beautiful razors what is the marking on the french frameback?

It's a interesting razor. And I have three blades for it. It cleaned up well

That is a nice looking blade, going to start my honing in a few days, ill have a nice two week beard to get rid of by that time (been on leave for christmas and I dont ever shave when on leave)
-dan-

Originally Posted by sinnfein

That is a nice looking blade, going to start my honing in a few days, ill have a nice two week beard to get rid of by that time (been on leave for christmas and I dont ever shave when on leave)
-dan-

HooAhh!!
Co Cmdr 400ish CSH unit. I've got some training to do down there later in the year.
Paul

I included the quote on the end just so you can see what has happened so far. As I stated the shave was harsh and I got thinking. Laugh as much as you want I might be reinventing the wheel. LOL I got thinking of included angles, pyramid systems, polishing grooves, etc etc. Here is what I did starting with the Friday that had been taped with one layer. I used no tape. That changed the angle from 18.29 to 17.38 degrees.

On the 4k

25 "hard"

30 "light"

I almost cut the end off my hone to make a slurry stone but because I have a combo and if it didn't work I didn't want to have a short hone. So I made a slurry from the 8k and caught it in a cup. I then poured it on the 4k. It wasn't super thick to begin with so I didn't dilute it as I went.

50 light on the 8k slurry 4k side

Then 30 very light on the 8k, just water

75 laps on my fire hose strop

and 50 on the Latigo

I shouldn't have test shaved It had only been 15 hours from my previous! LOL It felt much smoother than before. I should wait at least 24hrs to find out if that is because it is dull.

Tim

Originally Posted by 32t

I honed my second choice today. A Henckels twinworks Friday. I got thinking and lazy and didn't count the strokes on the 4 k. This was given to me by a friend that got it on eBay. Setting the bevel will vary by the blade and I wouldn't have started with the 4k if not for this experiment.

Once I got the bevel I did 40 on the 8k with light slurry to none. I have a 50x scope and didn't notice any difference after 25 in the scratch pattern.

I then stropped 25 on linen and 50 on leather. It took off the whiskers but it was harsh.

I think for me the challenge is going to be how to finish on the 8k.

Tim

Originally Posted by 32t

I almost cut the end off my hone to make a slurry stone but because I have a combo and if it didn't work I didn't want to have a short hone.

Tim

I cut a slurry stone off my combo and have been using it like that for months, it works just fine and I do not find it short at all.