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Man, it sounds like that razor took a lot of work.. :)

and, yes, I found that my CNat seemed to regress somewhat, but the more polishing I gave the stone the better it got. Starting with slurry...

Got to have the shave report when you get to it!!

And yes, I found that it took sometimes as many as 300 laps to get it to were I wanted it, also found that no slurry worked slower, but got a...

I was able to get my rolling X's working pretty good last night and managed to finally get a good bevel on the Timor razor that has been giving me fits for months.

I originally wasn't going to put...

Hi Tim!

I have managed to get that keen feeling off the CNat with about 150 extra X's whereas it took about 5 on the diamond and 10-20 on the CrOx to get the same feel without the extra 30 minutes...

Thanks Roy!

I find that I keep looking for that 'feel' and I only seem to find it in my own edges after the diamond and CrOx paddles. I look for that keeness that I just can't seem to get off the...

handyman,

One thing I did to my CNat was rubbed it good with the 4000, then the 8000 too until it had a super fine slick surface.

I would take it back to the 8k and go up again. It can't hurt...

Here is the link to today's razor and shave report:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave-day/81489-sun-march-11th-sat-march-17th-4.html#post938575

I found it to give a little burn today, but it...

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a slip stone??

M

I just finished restoring and re-scaling my Shapleigh 200 that's been sitting around for months.

It looks very nice in slim white German scales, and I managed a really nice peen on it as well....

HI Bro!! And indeed, it was my first real success, using your method from bevel to final stropping that actually got me a real shave off one of my own, without it just being a lucky try that is. It...

My friend, I am not enough of a stone's expert to say based on your pic's, but I didn't want you to think you were being ignored. Either way, Your small stones appear to be of a very similar type,...

Well, This thread has taught me something that will stick with me for a while now.

I tried as we discussed earlier to re-use as much of my old slurry as possible, and I managed to do a pretty good...

Thank you my friend!! I sure wish I had a display case.. That would be awesome.

M

I know exactly what you mean. I either push it off the end, or it stays on the blade and during the flip ends up on the shammy. This time I let it dry on the surface as best I could before putting...

Epic Failure today!!

I have a Franz + Sibald 7/8 with a pretty wicked curve, as in, it's close to 6/8 at the heel and a full 7/8 at the toe.

I tried doing a rolling X on it today. I did manage...

Mack, I'd love to post up pics of my collection for you to peruse...

Here is just the razors and stones, not the shave den, or the strops, etc..

I tried to keep it brief, I don't want to...

rolling X Stroke Success!!!

I studied the wiki on the rolling X and by golly, I managed to get it right and honed up my 'King Cutter' which I have been afraid of for a very long time. I had messed...

Hi all,

I finally got the Robeson I've been going on about sharpened and ready!! I had to start the bevel on the 800 before moving on to the 1k to get a decent even bevel going. From there on it...

Shave report after the marathon honing session yesterday!

I only test shaved 2 of the 4 razors, but both had excellent edges.

I used the Puma and the Robeson for todays shave, the Robeson got...

Hi Handyman,

It sounds to me like a superb start! Much better results than I got my first razor out. As a matter of fact, I never even got a shave off my first try. I could tell by the arm hair...

Dangit Robert, you point out the only thing I forgot to document!! I did not mention that each razor had a layer of tape that was changed at each new stone!!

I remove the tape before the paddles...

Don't know why I'm the only one still posting, but here goes.

Just finished about 5 1/2 hours of honing this fine Saturday. I honed 4 razors today. All were finished in the exact same way, and...

Another great shave tonight!!

I really think I'm starting to get the hang of this stone!! The hub not only passed the HHT, it passed the shave test with flying colors.

Tons of X's on clear...

What you don't percieve is that he does 40 circles about a dozen times, hehehe. Seriously, 40 circles, then a ton of X's and 40 more circles about a dozen times is pretty slow.

Thanks for chiming...

This afternoon, I took my 'hub' razor which was shaving pretty well back to the hones.

One thing about shaving off the 8k is that it is pretty darn harsh, and I like the velvety smoothness some...