Carbonsong Honing

I got myself a carbonsong Thiers 5/8 a few weeks ago .
Thiers recommend their own graded Diamond Pastes in order to get the best out of this new steel .
I have been experimenting with my own hones at the moment & I have found that this steel responds very well to the Spyderco homes I own.
This week I decided to go back a bit away from the spyderco ultrafine hone.
I took the razor to the fine hone to give the edge a bit more bite & I must say that the edge it has given me is a great edge for me.
I have used it for three shaves so far since this & the shaves are great.
So I will continue with this for a while but this experiment may help others who have had issues with the carbonsong blades .
I will keep posting my own findings with this.
Cheers Paul

In general, I don't buy into what manufacturers say. I think SRPers know best. Go with what works.

Yea, I remember zippo lighters used to come with a paper that said, " To prevent damage to this lighter use only approved Zippo fuel. Ha Ha Ha. Typical. They always say that stuff.

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Originally Posted by Sharp&Shiny

....I have been experimenting with my own hones at the moment & I have found that this steel responds very well to the Spyderco homes I own..

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Paul,
Thanks for the info.
Just so I understand better, did you try any other hones before deciding the Spyderco's were best?

I tried most of my hones on this one , they are Blue Belgian, Coticule, Chinese, all three Spyderco hones,
I just noticed that off the coticule the edge performed HTT very well ,but if I took it higher & if I put it on the chrome oxide strop that the edge seems to loose some of it's bite.
So I took it back to the medium spyderco & then finished with the fine & I am very pleased with the end result.
This may just be a steel that performs netter without being taken to the extreme limits that we push for here at SRP.
I would have tried the norton combo but I don't own one,but I have been using spydercos for years & they make a great medium/fine double sided pocket hone.
Maybe we have got in the habit of pushing for the ultimate edge all the time when it's not really needed to get a razor to give good shaves.
This is my own findings so far with this steel .
Another member may well have another way to get what works for them .
Cheers Paul

i had to get to diamond, which i basically never do to get the edge to perform to my likeness (used naniwa before that and quickly tested a couple of naturals as finishers). i sold that razor and the buyer liked it a lot too, so it's two of us.
but, of course everybody has different preferences at different times.

I've never liked the Spyderco hones. I have way better luck with naniwas, shaptons, nortons and naturals. Typical YMMV stuff. :shrug:

From where did you buy this razor . i checked to see pictures couldn't find it.

I got mine from thiers-issard.co.uk, The proprietor Steve Dempster Is a member here Blue principle .
He is great to deal with .
I am so taken with this razor that I sold off my collection & got one of the new Horn handled Silverwings These are the only razors I own now apart from a couple of shavettes.
I also posted a review of this razor in the razor review section.
Hope this helps Cheers Paul

Paul,

I am very much a honing newbie, but I have had sucess with my TI C135 razors using a 3/5/8/12 progression of Naniwas, finshing wth CrOx.

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ