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Yes, for my second shave, I went slurry only, but maybe not as diluted as I should. I ended up tuning up the razor with my japanese stone after that.

I'll give it another go here soon. I put oil...

zephyr, i'm seeing similar things under my digital microscope, (though my pictures aren't as clear). With no slurry, I get scratches that look a lot like chosera 10k scratches, though a little less...

Ebay, just look up "purple slate hone". There's only one guy who has listings that will match that. He's digging them up a hop and a skip away from you - should be cheap since shipping won't be what...

Got my first shave off the big LM this morning, straight water finish to leather (I never do anything else with a razor - always stone to leather to face).

I have to say that the finish level was...

You're right.

Call me anal retentive, but also want to mash the slate hone for a while by lapping the back of a chisel, to see if I can knock the "smarts" off of it, if that makes any sense. i...

Customs finally cut mine loose yesterday, two weeks on.

I got a big LM (one of the ones that's about 8x3). Lapped the marks out of it in about 20 minutes on a 400 grit atoma while I was on the...

Customs in the US has been tying up my LM since the 24th of january. I sure hope it arrives soon. My dark hard slate shipped yesterday or the day before. I wish the people in NY would get it in gear!

Despite my previous gripe, I looked at the royal mail charges, and it does look like that's the charges, and the signed-for add-on is $7.50. It is what it is, the seller gets to pick it and we pay...

I don't even want the signed for. To include another $7.50 of shipping charges (the cost of the "signed for") to cover yourself as a seller on a $30-$40 item, I don't like that so much - it's bad...

Still waiting on my LM purchase from last week, despite a $30 ship charge. I'm a little miffed about the shipping - does it actually cost that much to send stuff from the UK? Perhaps I'm just spoiled...