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Just another quick update: the last conservative pyramid seems to have done the trick on my W&B Bow Razor. I do think it could use a few more laps on the 8k, just to smooth it out a bit more, but it...

As some of you may know, I've been jumping through hoops trying to get my TI Le Canadien Snakewood to play nicely during JaNorton. For some reason, the edge I had on it from the 4k/8k prior to...

Ok, I've had two shaves the past two days after touching up the Le Canadien and both have been lacklustre. This blade gives me trouble, so I'm going to go back to the stones, yet again.

Today I...

Test shaved this razor tonight. Shave was alright, but it still needs a bit more smoothness. I will try a conservative pyramid in the next couple of days, then I'm going to shave with just that...

Great points by all. At my stage of honing, I am still just trying to figure things out, so getting a feel for the stones, seeing what type of scratches I get when I do different things (looking...

Ok, went back to the hones with my TI Le Canadien & W&B 5/8 Bow Razor today.

Le Canadien
I started with a moderate slurry, 20 circles up and 20 back, moderate pressure. Then 5 X strokes,...

Tough one today with my TI Le Canadien, honed using circles then a pyramid. I think I need to go back down to the 4k because it was pulling pretty nasty. I believe I placed too much confidence in my...

Agree 100%. As a noob honer, I am absorbing as much of this as I can, but those are great bullet points to have on hand.

Just finished my first JaNorton shave. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good, either. It was the W&B Bow Razor that had been shaving wonderfully, but tonight it felt rough and I limited it to two...

My JaNorton Misadventures

It was pretty painful to take two of my best-shaving razors, both of which I had honed with great success using the Norton 1k to set the bevel, then following the pyramid...

It is not branded as Norton, no.

I picked up an Artificial "Nagura" Stone from Lee Valley, which I'd intended to use to raise the slurry on my 4k/8k.

Is this in line with JaNortan specifications? I see you state we should not use...

I haven't honed my two blades yet, but I did my second "reference" shave today, using the TI Le Canadien 6/8" which I had previously honed on the Nortons with a 1k bevel then a 4k/8k pyramid...

I'm not Maxi, but I've had the pleasure of putting a bottle of that Collingwood in my belly and it was a great pleasure.

Oh, I know. This razor was honed a few weeks ago, so I'm just getting a feel for it so I have some comparison before I rehone it. I've only honed a handful of razors, so getting one to shave this...

I just had a shave today with the Bow Razor that will be used for this experiment and wow, it is a nice blade. Very smooth and pleasant on my face. That was done by me and finished on the 8k, so...

Now I have to watch the whole thing, just to be sure :)

On another note, I am having a heck of a time deciding which razors to use for this. I have a hard enough time deciding which one to use...

This should be educational. Is there a rookie category? So far, I have only used my 8k as a finisher on the handful of razors I've honed, to mostly good reviews. I have a nice comparison, with 2...