Thread: Touch-ups

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Don't own a Jnat & nobody will lend me one.

Drive to Minnesota and I am sure I can borrow one from Randy to try!

Originally Posted by Hirlau

25 minutes away.

Very close. May be there soon. I'll keep ya in mind an you can hang on to it until I leave.

Sounds like a winner.

Sounds like anthogia has a better offer.

I went to a race in ST Louis one time and the car broke. A local said he lived 20 minutes away and had the part. Cool! About 2 1/2 hours later I was starting to worry and another local laughed and said don't worry everything around here is 20 minutes away. We got the part in time, didn't win the race but had fun. Your 25 minutes away made me think of that.

Originally Posted by anthogia

If you guys we're going to touch-up your blades and you had a choice between crox, diamond, a 12k naniwa, a barbers hone, or two guesstimated grit naturals- a jnat and a Zulu grey- what would you use? I believe it is time for me to do some work on my razors which one would you guys prefer if you were me?
Thanks in advance for any responses!

From those choices I would go with the JNAT or the Zulu.

I would build a hint of a slurry with either and dilute once, finish on plain water.

I am not a lap counter, with a JNAT hone on until the slurry breaks down and becomes finer dilute once and finish on plain water.

One thing I love about JNATs is the sticky feeling.

I prefer natural finishers, they seem to give a smoother edge IMHO. So I'd probably start with the JNat for 20 strokes and see where I was. If it needed more I'd give it another 10 on the Jnat and if that didnt do it I'd drop lower from there.

Good luck and keep us posted!

You assume we all have those choices to compare.

Personally I'd either use my Escher or if it just needed a really quick touch-up I might do a few passes on a CrO bench strop.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

You assume we all have those choices to compare.

Personally I'd either use my Escher or if it just needed a really quick touch-up I might do a few passes on a CrO bench strop.

Not really, it was a hypothetical question mostly meant for guys or girls who know how these honing implements work. I do not even have some of these tools. As I stated I am new to honing and am wondering what tool is best to use just for this purpose for my own future reference. My intent was not to be presumptuous or cocky.....

I know I touch up too often and also hone too often. I could get by with a touch up every 12 shaves or so (some razors seem to be exceptions to that rule) if I would only wait until there is a tug and pull. But I can't wait. I just can't help it. I'm sure its a form of derangement. I just seem to enjoy it almost as much as shaving itself and I never want to discover honing or refreshing is needed during a shave.

So, as a result I have much more fun than you guys that are trying to see how long you can go between touch ups and honing but then my razor's lives are likely cut in half as well. But, that gives me future excuse to buy more- so there!

Originally Posted by 1holegrouper

I know I touch up too often and also hone too often. I could get by with a touch up every 12 shaves or so (some razors seem to be exceptions to that rule) if I would only wait until there is a tug and pull. But I can't wait. I just can't help it. I'm sure its a form of derangement. I just seem to enjoy it almost as much as shaving itself and I never want to discover honing or refreshing is needed during a shave.

So, as a result I have much more fun than you guys that are trying to see how long you can go between touch ups and honing but then my razor's lives are likely cut in half as well. But, that gives me future excuse to buy more- so there!

Haaaaa! I just started honing successfully so I want to hone everything now!