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Beautiful - what are the make and model of those lovelies?

I agree, one of the reasons I'm trimming the herd - there are only a couple of naturals I like - a huge superb Coti I have and the Escher Barber's Delight - really, when it come to finishing my...

This one is long and not bad on the width either, nice full length stone.

Aside from the Escher Barber's Delight, which is the absolute nicest stone I've ever had an edge on a Sheffield razor, I...

I have to concur Jamie - that edge is certainly not shave ready.....I'd wouldn't move off 1k with striations like that....

Phillip - great effort, thanks for taking the time to take pics....you...

I usually use linen after a shave to thoroughly clean any soap residue off the blade.

After a refresh, it's always suede followed by leather for me. I agree the suede seems to be one of the...

How did the Riga turn out....have you had a chance for a shave test?

Beautiful - if it's who I think it is, who posts frequently elsewhere, I've seen some of his razors, spectacular, especially the Iberia's...can't recall seeing him post the Palmera's, which I'm sure...

Agreed - I've been surprised at the number of razors I've received that had the heel basically left untouched.

All my Heljestrand's Mk's had to have the heel touched up and countless others. For...

Nice....what's your routine with he La Lune Special Stone for Razors.....

Just finishing the W&B, Celebrated, FBU for the second time, just wasn't quite there IMO...didn't kill the edge, went down to the 3k, and added the 5k and 10k, now just going to finish it on the...

Just finished shaving, that pic was before it hit the Escher, blade is a bit dirty there....I'll have to wait till the Sun comes up to get a photo, otherwise it'll look like a X-Ray...haha...no...

Enjoying a session of honing after dinner, just popped off the Nani 12k, and about to give this W&B and Elliot a slow finish on the Escher & Co, "Barber's Delight", lots of slurry, slowly dilute down...

For me, once I know it's perfect off the Nani 12k, which usually isn't more than 30-40 laps, a quick inspection under the loupe, then 50 laps on SRD Roo strop, then 50 again on Kanayama.

It's...

Wade & Butcher Anchor razor was tugging just a bit, so off with the lather and rinse. Then a great excuse to hit the Nani 12k, then 50 laps on Roo and Kanayama strops, then onto a long session with...

I love that razor, Phrankie needs and wants it...spectacular and rare blade, and unused as well.

I've been fortunate to come across a few myself that had never had a bevel set....gorgeous razor,...

Nothing like finishing a razor, all done, then turning around and ever so slightly dinging the absolute center of the blade, causing a small micro-chip to appear...which means back to square one, get...

"Singing" razor absolutely, Thiers-Issard branded there C135 steel razors, "singing" blades...and all of my Fili's sound like a scraping burnt toast, great sound, I have some very finely ground...

Mike - here's Jimmy's post about the size of the Escher stones:


JimmyHAD:
"I have a Barber's Delight (Escher) 5 1/2"x2" and a couple of earlier Eschers that are 5"x2 1/2". I've had a few come...

JimmyHAD points out one way to narrow down the stone to determine if it's an Escher type stone...what are the actual measurements of the stone...there's a thread (easy search) that basically says...

Thank-you very much Mike...just goes to show you....I'm obviously NOT taking my Eschers even close to where I should be taking them.

I was doing maybe 50-60 laps water only after the Nani 12k,...

I understand as Jimmy says, the "snakeskin" ToS are around, you can order them I believe from a UK seller...the WoA on the other hand, I understand to extremely difficult to find....I've only...

Try finishing on the WoA

After a Nani 12k, or some higher grit finisher, finish on the WoA...I think the stone is one of the nicest out there. For me, was a very light, crisp, uber smooth shave,...

Nice...been taking quite a few razors to the Y/G Escher Barber's Delight, getting the feel for it, Peter found me a perfect Barber's Delight two sides slurry stone, arrived from Germany last week.
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Actually, this one is about the same size as most Eschers....have two that are thinner and a bit longer, and another one that is pretty much the exact same size....I've held them in hand, or just...

Just refreshed two razors, shave test of the RigaRazor, For Barber's Use bit later this afternoon.

Light slurry with the Y/G side of the slurry stone until clear, then onto the Livi Loom strop......