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Wacker 7/8 re-fresh with circles and x-strokes on Naniwa 12k and Wakasa (Tomo slurry and three dilutions on the Jnat).

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Couple of touch ups on Super Stone 12k followed by yellow/green Thuringian

Not yet familiar enough with the Cretan but certainly seems to overlap with coti at the mid range. My Vermio is finer than my Cretan and should work well as a finisher after the Cretan, another thing...

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First test for a new hard Cretan stone that just arrived.

I set the bevel with a Chosera 1K then honed directly on the Cretan with glycerin, followed by linen...

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Two Solingen's, World Master and Cowboy, came in today. They could pop arm hair but not the way I like so back to the Shapton GS 4k and 8k (both HC versions)...

FBU on Shapton GS500, 1k, 2k (HR), 4k, 8k (HC), Wakasa Jnat with tomo slurry.

Love shaving with this fella', freaks me how something so old can be so good :)!

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Love them Herders....

Nothing really different today: Vintage Revisor 8/8 with gunstock scales on Naniwa Chosera 1, 2, 5 and 10k followed by yellow/green Thuringian for the finish, happy shaving!...

Thanks, do you (like me) also enjoy sudoku, crosswords, chess, self-inflicted problem-solving generally? If yes, the coticule is your stone! :) :) :)

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Yesterday's honing, R. Bouyges, Albi (France), 6/8, on 'La Nouvelle Veine' coticule, standard dilucot followed by lots of linen (and leather), excellent!

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On vacation and a little bored, time for some Thuri touch ups on the Nishikaku 6/8 hollow, Koraat 8/8 half hollow and Giesen & Forsthoff Timor 7/8 full hollow. Happy honing!
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Couple of touch-ups today on coticule > translucent Ark > Neil Miller linen and shell cordovan.

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On vacation in Italy:

Bevel setter (Chosera 1K), Coticule (La Grise), Translucent Ark, Livi loom strop (Crox and...

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Ozuko (+Botan/Mejiro/Koma) on Waterhouse razor. My only Japanese rocks (so far:)).

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Bouchet, Bellay (France) 6/8 near wedge: Naniwa Chosera 1k, Norton 4k, Norton 8k, Livi CroX and leather loom strop.

My 'go-to' synthetics are Shapton GS...

Revisor 6/8 (stones from bottom):

- Aka
- Belgian Blue
- Coticule
- Rozsutec
- Leather

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