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The tam o shanter has largely replaced the 8k side of my norton. Sometimes I go from the tamoshanter directly to the boron carbide or chrome oxide, lately I've been going to the 15k shapton because...

You may not see as big an improvement as the rest of us. TI's have a special fondness for diamond for some reason. I don't use .5 diamond on mine anymore, but I'm not sure they're much sharper with...

Since i've been talking about them so much, here's a photo of my poplar paddles, pasted with dichromium trioxide and boron carbide. The dichromium trioxide paddle is actually pasted on both sides...

AFAIK I'm the only one pushing CO on wood, everybody else that loves this stuff is using leather. So I wouldn't read too much into what I say on the matter, I'm just one data point after all, even...

That's been the case for me. It's like the paddles can improve an edge X amount, and this can get a marginal edge into the "good shave" levels of sharpness. But you're much better off taking a...

I'm not the best guy to ask about this. But I don't use the HHT - the hair on my head is very very fine and even the feather won't pass the HHT with it. I use my arm hair, I just touch the hairs a...

Some guys can get this level of sharp on a hone. Lynn can for sure, the two blades I've gotten from lynn smoked my best results on a hone and nearly everything I've done on chrome oxide for that...