Thread: Newer Hen & Rooster...ANY experience??

Professional...no

Practiced...sure

I just bit the bullet Friday and ordered a 16K Shapton and some REAL 0.5 micron CrOx...since I just learned through this forum that the VERITAS honing compound (that is SOLD AS 0.5MICRON!!!!!!!) isn't really 0.5 micron at all

I've been doing pretty well off of a Shapton 8K and that Veritas JUNK. I've gone back to my old balsa board with red rouge, until the SRD order comes in.

Not got the smoooooth shave yet, but I have gotten "comfortable" shaves off mutliple razors so far.

Hoping my name doesn turn into SoilHAD...that 0.25 diamond spray and wool strop were tempting. Heck, the 30K was tempting if it wasn't so frickin' expensive.

The really amazing thing is that, AFAIK, user names can't be changed, so JimmyHAD has had HAD since he joined...

Or maybe user names can be changed...
Or maybe he re registered...

What is the story there, Jimmy?

Back on topic, I've heard the old H&R's are great vintage blades but the new ones are unimpressive. Never tried any myself, though.