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Up here they use shavettes now in public barbershops but these were personal stock items for ole Dino.
He turned 70 last week and I wanted to give him something so offered to hone his, and his dad’s...

Couple of barbers razors needed a clean up.
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The lucky 77 is a nice German hollow, the beaver, was my barbers first razor and I offered to clean em both up for him.
Took them through the...

Nice looking sharpener.
Very tight bearing set up, and nice finish..

Got on the stones today for the first time in a long time.
Couple of Irish blades, and a couple of Japanese blades.
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Came back with very little effort.
Still need to strop, but a pleasant...

Zulu is having a sweet sale gents.
50% off plus bonus stones.
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http://www.zulugrey.com/shop/
Use code JOLLY50 at check out..
No I’m not affiliated with them beyond owning the one I...

Yup, one layer on the riga when honing.
Like to keep that new spine edge nice and crisp.
Terrific shaver mine is.
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My recently, happily refound riga tungsten, and my first and only ivory clad Mappin compliments of a Texas Tom kissed the stones today.
Norton 4/8k, followed by a coti, than a thuri and a .25...

Mixing it up today.
Had to address some blunt kitchen knives so pulled out the Gatco jig set.
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Reset the bevels to 22’, then ran through the progression.
Always need to warn the clan when I...

Honing up a couple Thuri-ly....
A Wosti FBU, and a rolls traveller.
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How were the results from that 3/8k stone nick?

Finished up some Japanese blades on some jnats.
A couple Saito creations, the SK3 and the Gloria, a Trade Mark, and a folding kami 'Hatori Deluxe' that seems to be made of very hard steel..
And...

That's funny..
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Lead is a low risk, known carcinogen that poses a risk through long term ingestion/inhalation really.
I worked in a chemical plant for years making vinyl. Lead was a big ingredient in the low temp...

Weird, I wasn't wearing a speedo or anything,:o,
wonder if it's the Bowie music in the background.
And that's a nice Charnley! Nice slow stone.
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Here's my best recorded example of a singing razor in action.
A NOS shumate's maiden shave after a weeks shave free vacation.

https://youtu.be/GAcrVjoM5v0
Was a few years ago now, and I can...

Those cleaned up great Mike. Only way I can determine the stone is by strokes and loupe, counting the resulting scratch pattern.
Looks like you have some fun ahead. That last one sure looks like a...

Interesting progression phrank.
Look forward to your shave test results!
Those are a couple of lovely rocks ya got there!

The hearty CDN whiskers took their toll no doubt. Was a wee tuggy when it left my den. ;)

Tom's loupe showed a wee issue on the heel of the Gilchrist as well and in true Texas style he offered to...

Chosera Norton 4/8, than to the thuri for these three
Finished on a very nice two sided board strop.
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Happy with this thin bevel.
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No whiskers left to test it with today though.

First time on the stones in some time today.
Tried my hand at the jnats. This little Tomo from Tom does not want to give up its slurry very easily I must say.
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This old family heirloom Boker...

Love the patterning on that larger coti Scott.
Nice work chief!

Oh yes,, the magic and mystery in these hard to spell words for these Japanese stones, totally need an interpreter.
I use my coti slurry stone a fair bit on my Escher, seems to give it a bit more...

From the very little I have gathered on these natural slurry stones, the tomo would probably impart an even tighter striation pattern than this mejiro did.
The hanayama is like a coti, grit wise,...

Finished up a Hayashi Diamond rebuild this weekend and thought it appropriate to try to finish it on some Japanese stones.
A yamashiro base stone and a hanayama, and mejiro slurry stone...