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No beans. Will try again another day after full work-over.

Thank you, sir! Brilliant and educational. I will try shaving with it now, but I still think I need to rework the bevel a bit.

Not enough polishing, admittedly.

Progress...
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And some scratches from the coticule on the Oohira.
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Nope. Clean bridle leather. I'll also see if the coti produces a similar look.

Thanks, guys. This one was stock removal, but I did a version of ghetto heat treat with a fire brick forge and pencil torch into warmed cooking oil.

I haven't shaved with it properly but will try...

Yep, I have cleaned the edge... it had me confused at the start as well.

I may go back and sand tonight. I have some w/d left in grits up to 1000 or 2000.

Fascinating stone, although somehow...

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Here is the striping under crappy magnification.

I just put my new Ohira through a half session (mid-grit nagura to mostly water several times, with a lot of slurry from the hone toward the end).

A strange thing happened... I got past the...