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

It went well. Dovo 5/8. I did two passes. Before the first pass, i did about 60 on webbing, 100 on leather. Between passes I did another 30 on leather.

The shave was pretty good. I had noticed on the final strokes of the last shave that it was just minutely scratchy, which led me to up my stropping count for this one. I felt fine with the razors edge throughout the shave.

I'll be back in the city with my hones and strops in a couple days, so I'll start tweaking the other razor when I get home and post some results along with stroke count and style.

3rd Shave

Razor : 7/8" W&B chopper

Method :

Just for the heck of it, I did 5 sweeping X-strokes on the N4k.

I then went to the N8k with just water. Using only the weight of the blade, I did 10 sweeping X-strokes again, then rinsed the hone, and did 10 more sweeping X-strokes.

I then stropped 40x on my homemade denim cloth strop, followed by 40x on my homemade cowhide leather strop.

Shave : I did my usual 2 pass shave (WTG, XTG), following the same prep procedures I always do. The shave was, again, fairly comfortable, and ended up fairly smooth, very similar to shaves #1 & #2. It did feel like it was a bit closer of a shave this time compared to the previous 2 though. In the interest or seeing if I can get another close shave like this one, I will do the same procedure next time.

Just finished my first JaNorton shave. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good, either. It was the W&B Bow Razor that had been shaving wonderfully, but tonight it felt rough and I limited it to two passes, as opposed to my usual three. I will definitely be going back to the Nortons for more pyramids with this one. Tomorrow or Saturday, the Le Canadien gets a run out.

Here's how I honed it: http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...tml#post901150

Ran the Greaves over Mr. Norton's thousands of grits today. It went much better than the Elliot (he says now, before shaving with the Greaves).

I'm starting to feel like I have some perception of the process, and a little bit of control over the outcome. I was able to get an edge on the Greaves with much less fuss. I got a bit better feel for the thumbpad test and was able to feel exactly where the edge was and thus focus on other parts.

The proof, of course, will be in the shaving, which I'll do tomorrow.

I am having a great time!