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Finally got round to fixing the edge on a razor I dropped before Xmas. Was my favourite shaver so been missing it. Is actually part of a 4 razor set so did another at the same time for a spare just...

Had a meet with someone visiting town to show him the basics of honing and get his razor shave ready. Honed his razor on chosera 1k naniwa ss 3, 5, 8, 12 and Gok 20k. Showed him honing pressures and...

Just a touch up to my wade and butcher 17/16 on the narutaki misu asagi.

Finally got round to honing the fbu I brought myself for my birthday. Went Chosera 1k, Naniwa ss 3, 5, 8 and 12. Was off the buffer so full bevel set from nothing. Once the bevel was done honed up...

2 blades bevel set on the chosera 1k. A club fbu and ern ator. Thinking I might try the 1k shave as others are doing in another thread. Haven't done yet. Might follow with every stone through the...

Last night got round to honing a Bengall I picked up recently. Virtually no hone wear and a good size at 13/16. Bevel set with Chosera 1k followed by 3, 5, 8 and 12 in Naniwa super stones. Finished...

Touched up my Henkels fridour 72 1/2. Stupid hard steel and was just missing after my last session although the others came up fine. Touched up on the Narutaki with slurry then clear water.

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Ha it contagious all right. Luckily I dropped a gold dollar and due to the heavy spine it landed spine first with no damage. Well a good nick on the finger on the way through but blade was fine.

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Yesterday afternoon finally got the chance to get some out of the road. Some I have had cleaned up for quite a while but still hadn't finished. From left to right. Wade and Butcher the...

Did 2 razors last night. 1st was a touch up with the Narutaki with slurry then clear water.

2nd is a fellow members razor. He was having issues so I checked it out for him. Edge was chippy and...

Found a very small chip in the edge of my Puma 63. Back to the Naniwa 12k then to the Gok 20k. New hone for my Bengall previously finished on a coti finishing it off on my Narutaki Mizu Asagi with...

Just finished some repairs so needed to rehone my puma 63 inox. Chosera 1k, naniwa ss 3, 5 and 8. Narutaki Mizu Asagi with asano nagura then diamond plate slurry followed by clear water. Forgot how...

Gave my Dorko another 125 laps plain water on the Narutaki. Shave was excellent

Finished the Marx &Co tonight and touched up my Dorko while I had the hone out. Narutaki Mizu Asagi with asano nagura then diamond plate slurry then clear water for the Marx and just light diamond...

Busy night. 5 blades. 4 from bevel up after cleaning and one touch up. 4 for bevels were Torrey the artist, HM Christensen, Marx & Co and a Gold Dollar(doing double duty first buffer practice now for...

So got to rehone the Dorko sooner than thought. I went to try take some bevel pics and found very small bites out of the edge. It's probably my own fault. For a very short period of time when a newb...

First chance to spend some more time with the jnat. So same Dorko razor and Narutaki Mizu Asagi. Just slurry using 1200 atoma and then dilute and clear water. Trying to learn the stone and max it...

It was one of about 5 he suggested when I contacted him for advice. I actually would have pulled the trigger quicker but needed to sway the wife to let me spend more than I had.

Got it yesterday...

Just received my first Jnat from Garret. A Narutaki Mizu Asagi with asano nagura. Started the learning process tonight with one of my favorite razors that i found a couple small micro chips in the...

Today has a new guy over to hone his new TI which was factory shave ready. Chosera 1k bevel set. Had grind issue with a smile. Toe and heel off the hone 1 side and centre the other. Followed with 3,...

Tonight I finally finished 4 razors I had already set bevels on a while back. Naniwa Super Stones 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 and G20.221980221981

The Chosera 1k for the last 2 nights try to get the last 4 razors bevels set. H.M.Christensen and a Torrey the artist. The artist was a tough mother and took forever. Haven't come across steel that...

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Choser1k. Set the bevels on these 3 (Bengall cast steel, Bengall imperial with double sided etching and Wade and Butcher) and started a 4th but needs work as was hitting the stabalizer....

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Just finished refreshing this razor. Had it finished on this stone before with a great mix of sharp and smooth. Have tried it on a couple others and decided it needs to be this stone for...