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04-15-2012, 01:42 AM #1Bevelsetter
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Woooohooo What's the best way to Escher?
I just got an extravagant birthday present.
There is a for real Escher lapped and ready to go on its way to me.
What is the proper ritual to get the most from this gem?
It seems reasonable to expect from now on my razors should require nothing more than my proximity to give a BBS shave.SirStropalot likes this.
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04-15-2012, 01:49 AM #2Senior Member
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Congrats! The ritual is to be sure you get the edgee to be all it can be on your other hones before putting it on your new Escher. Enjoy your new toy.
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04-15-2012, 01:55 AM #3what Dad calls me
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I thought that this bears repeating.
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04-15-2012, 02:53 AM #4Senior Member
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I like to work up a light slurry and dilute to about clear water as I go. Kind of like what the coticule guys call a dulicote IIRC. I believe Sham does the same while Lynn and Tim Zowada favor water only. The general consensus is to bring the razor to the escher when it is already shaving sharp. It is a finisher and using it too early will just take more time and waste expensive stone doing something that could be done with a readily available and cheaper alternative.
So get it ready with the synthetic and go to the escher for the icing on the cake. Sham told me he thinks the razor should be at least 10 to 12k sharp before finishing on the escher. I only have the 8k and after finishing on an escher the edges are perfect for my particular skin/whiskers. It will go out to you on Monday BTW and I'll forward a tracking # when I have one. Happy Birthday and thanks !jaswarb likes this.
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04-15-2012, 04:09 AM #5Not with my razor 🚫
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Congrats on the Escher!!! I pulled the trigger on the other one last night!
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
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Howard
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04-16-2012, 10:38 AM #6I Bleed Slurry
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Use a slurry, blade needs to be at maxium sharpness before the Escher stone. Have fun!
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04-16-2012, 04:50 PM #7Pithy Yet Degenerate.
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You know the HHT is poppycock...the shave test is all that matters! Give it a shave! Originally Posted by jaswarb
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04-16-2012, 06:29 PM #8This is not my actual head.
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You must not have put a coticule in there... Originally Posted by jaswarb
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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04-16-2012, 08:37 PM #9At this point in time...
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Wow you guys is all wrong...
If you are using the dryer method you have to use the natural setting for natural stones ie: Cotton/linen.. Now if you are using synthetics then set the dryer to synthetics ie: Nylon/Rayon. Jeez The coticule is set on Fluff and J-nats are set to Air Dry 
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