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[QUOTE=Christian1;1920991]Touch up on my 8/8 portland razor with 2 layers of Kapton tape with new stone. Nakayama Karasu I believe, linked a video of it as well.

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Wow, that's a beautiful...

That one looks like it's trying to develop a frown. I have no doubt a honer of your caliber has things well in hand.

Arkies all the way, and great save on that WB, Mike!

Yeah, she's kinda awkward for hand honing lol! I love the almost decadent luxury of the real estate on it, though. And I can leave it on the coffee table with a can of WD-40 nearby, and just do...

Today I finished this WH Oates in black horn on the unique, massive primitive black Arkansas stone that I got recently from Dan's Whetstones (which I gave more info. on the mounting process in the...

I look forward to hearing your results on this. Though I have and love several Arks, the only Escher I own is the ubiquitous "Celebrated Water Hone" (which I would use more if it were bigger than...

Today I refreshed a chef's knife and worked on a couple of Solingen beauties Gasman Jerry sent me to play with on my primitive cut Arkansas. The thing is, they came with damn near perfect, smooth as...

Every one of my 125+ razors is finished on that stone. It's that good.That says it all. I have been trying different natural hones for years, searching for "the one." I may have finally found it.

Pete-Since you asked, I just shaved with that edge on a lather of Oleo Caballero, and honestly, even as a teacher of Advanced English, words fail me. I'm pretty sure that was the most stupid sharp...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dxNW2lyHMnVbQwGeMkOpknUbUtpyyIvR/view?usp=sharing

Wostenholm IXL Frameback touch-up on my primitive-cut Arkie with WD-40. I hope you can see the video at the link....

Hey-Just curious what kind of wood that stone is mounted on-looks like maybe desert ironwood?

And a quick follow-up on that Fox Cutlery HOTD I did on the big primitive Arkie (the one that had been giving a harsh shave). I just got a much smoother (but still keen and precise) shave after the...

I was kind of shocked at how cheap it was, TBH. $127 and change with shipping included-I kid you not. If you could even find a finished stone that size (and I've never seen one even close!), it would...

So because I can't help myself, I further refined the surface and radiused edges of my new Dan's primitive 14"x4" with 2k and then finished on 3k. You can't tell it from my lousy pic, but looked at...

Joseph-I'm just curious what you have against the green brick. Saying that, I have no experience with the Nani 800 or Debado 1k; you may have a better system. :shrug:

One day I'm going to pull the trigger and get another one of Keith Johnson's shoubodani complete honing kits with all the nagura including a koma-it would be my third, never should have sold the...

Yep, I jump off to the naturals from a maxed-out Nani 12k (sometimes a Norton 8k depending).

But I get the appeal of the SG20k. About 6 years ago Utopian Ron showed up at the Asheville, NC meet...

Looks like an awesome progression. The Barber's Delights are legendary-wish I could find one on Ebay for less than 5 Benjamins, though.:(

I did finish that last Crown and Sword rescale on the Zulu...

Well, I just shaved with that blade on a nice cushion of Tabac lather, and wow! If anything, it was a bit smoother than my usual SB Arkie edge after a Nani 12k, and still just as sharp. I'm frankly...

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So I'm testing that NOS rainbow swirly Washita I got recently. I took this old Joseph Elliott Best Silver Steel, one of my 1st razors (and the edge still showed it), reset the bevel on the...

Yep, I've even tried to test 3 or 4, but that gets to be too much to think about in 1 shave-but most of the time 2 if I'm doing a lot of honing.

The Boker "Our Own" Hollow Ground is one of my best shavers. It was a wee-bit tuggy on the last shave, so as I'm still experimenting with the Zulu Grey, I tried another technique I read about on the...

Nice, John-I really like that Llama strop. I've got a fine Japanese strop coming from Santa myself-can't wait. I'll probably re-strop every razor in the house lol!

I'm not falling for it this time. Tempting, but I've got more naturals than I have time to use already (though those big rough cut slab Zulus would be very cool-nope, can't do it, trying to build up...

I'm glad you did. My hometown of Asheville, North Carolina has managed to preserve a lot of its famous art deco architecture, and I have always loved anything art deco