Thread: The C-Nat-athon

Originally Posted by Crotalus

I'm thinking I got a bad one.

I used 40 circles then 20 X on a Norton 1k.
20 circles and 20 X on a Norton 4K.
20 heel first and 20 X on a Norton 8K. At this point it was popping hairs.
Went to 20 X strokes on my PHIG. The blade was completely dull at this point. It wouldn't cut hair at all.

My stone has a small dark vein across the middle. Even after the stone is lapped, the blade tends to stick when I cross the vein.

It would be kool to show a picture of your stone. 20 laps is not near done enough on these C-nats because they are 3-4 times slower than your average stone. Most of us do around 100 laps and I do as well, and they cut/polish a lot faster with slurry.

Razor: Wolf, Lane & Co. (made by H. Boker) "killed the edge"
Stone Progression: King 1K, Norton 4K/8K, C-Nat
Method: 40 circles then finishing with an X stroke but before every X stroke I back hone about a half inch with the heel leading slightly(same method as the progression to each stone). Raised a light slurry on my C-Nat, 40 circles each side working the slurry with very little pressure. Then used the X stroke with back honing a half inch before every stroke. Ended with using no pressure other than the weight of the blade. The lighter the pressure I would go until it would feel like a suction sensation until I was using almost negative pressure of the weight of the blade.
Stropping: 60 on denim, 30 on cowhide, and 100 laps on Horsehide

Results: I have not shaved completely with it yet, but I tested the edge shaving a little to get a feel and it slices clean and very close. Even before stropping it had an amazing edge.

Hey Mac what is that littler stone next to the 12k

What is the little stone next to the c12k Mac

Originally Posted by Tylerbrycen

What is the little stone next to the c12k Mac

That's the slurry stone my C-Nat came with, it's exactly the same as the stone.

Tyler, it's a smaller piece of c12k used as a slurry stone. Check here in the classifieds, bottom ad.
Strops & Hones - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

Howard

Cool and I Beed to get rid of my norton lapping stone it's taking up valuable room

My dmt has some rust what is some way to avoid this

I love ur boker wish I had one like that

Originally Posted by xMackx

It would be kool to show a picture of your stone. 20 laps is not near done enough on these C-nats because they are 3-4 times slower than your average stone. Most of us do around 100 laps and I do as well, and they cut/polish a lot faster with slurry.

I didn't see any reason to continue it as it was obviously getting dull. This is the third razor I've tried on this PHIG with the same result.
I went back to the 8k and the sharpness came back.



You can see the dark vein in the middle. After lapping I can't feel it at all, but the razor seems to. I feel a lot of drag at that spot.
I've tried it with slurry and without.