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Interesting conversation about pastes vs. Arks, and the evolution on the internet forums re CrOx and the various grades. I remember a lot of threads about that, when the guy (can't remember his...

A quick update: after a few more 15 minute sessions on oil, in which I refined both the edges and my technique, both of those harsh-feeling full hollows now give a close, very smooth shave with a...

Marshal-You were one of the enablers who got me all hyped up about burnishing my natural finishers in that thread around Christmas as I recall. I did my translucent and my PHIG-didn't hone enough...

Thanks for the tips, Steel-I think LHT may have something with the idea of sitting down for an hour-long tv show and being "done" at the end of the show. That scrapy full-hollow Torrey finally...

Well, I just test-shaved both of the aforementioned razors after a couple of sessions on baby oil. While both were noticeably smoother, the Torrey still seems a little scrapy, but then again I'm not...

Thanks for all the feedback-Really, I just enjoy learning and figuring out new challenges, so figuring this stone out intrigues me more than anything. Much simpler than the JNAT nagura progression I...

So I tested those 2 hollow-grinds this evening, with mixed results (which you can take with a grain of salt as I'm a relatively inexperienced Arkie user working on a stone I'm still breaking in).
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Okay, so I started on the Surgical Black mentioned in my other thread with two I had in my stable that were at least nominally shave-ready, but both full-hollows that can be kind of "scrapy" on my...