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Ed, nice work. I too love the bigger heavier blades, I've got 3 Hart steel 7/8, 4 TI. 7/8, aFriodur 7/8, a Dorko 17/16, and I have two Brandonisio & bros 7/8. Love em. Of the ten five are finished...

What you say makes great sense Mike. I will certainly look at my edges to see how I arrived at shave readiness. The one thing that was common to all these was the bevel had been set some time ago. I...

Thanks Mike,
I've got the magnification available to have a look, and I will. But, I went through a stage a while back where I was looking at everything under 200x etc and adjusting this and that...

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The above photo is of my Dovo 6/8 Flowing resting on a wet Shobu Asagi Tamamoku Japanese natural stone. I've shown this stone before and I thought its excellent results were more dumb luck...

Wakasa bench size Japanese natural stone used to final polish this 7/8 Hart steel square point razor,

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Finished using a slurry from an Atoma 1200, from thicker heavier slurry to light...

Hone of my day Suehiro Gokumyo 20k and Thiers Issard 'Spartacus' 7/8 razor

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I've been shaving with Jnat finished razors for a couple of weeks now, and for a change, or a comparison of...

New stone Shobu Asagi Karasu Tamamoku 213 x 78 x 28-32 1.1kg razor Dovo 6/8 Flowing carbon steel.

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This Shobu I bought as a final finishing stone. Its rated very high in particle size...

Crusader, I follow your lead mate, my Hart steel 7/8 are half hollows (I have 3) and I just did the same thing. As far as tough ups go, you can't beat 8 laps on the Gok 20.I

Mark, I'm new to jnats, but I have no Nagura stones. The three jnats I have are all finishers so are hard. I notice you put a different slurry on your kiita. Could I for arguments sake put a slurry...

The Karasu question?
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When I bought this stone it was assigned the designation Shobu Asagi Karasu Tamamoku. On a different thread some questioned the Karasu issue. This photo of it post...

I've read a fair bit, asked some questions and respected opinions I value. As far as colours go, they are indicators of a stones performance based on past traded similar types. I have honed for over...

Oz is dead right on this. As someone who is fairly new to Japanese natural stones, people look at these collections of words, that are hard to spell, and hard to pronounce. Most of these terms simply...

My two Japanese natural stones an Ozuku Asagi and a Wakasa.266571

The Ozuku is at the top and is wet revealing the Asagi colour, whilst the Wakasa at the bottom is a very hard stone, and I don't...

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These are shots of my recent acquisition, an Ozuku Asagi, clearly the first picture is of the stone prior to lapping, showing the stamps. The second of course is post lapping, and...

All I can add is, that used to suffer from 'weepers' or razor burn. I found that it was worse following removal of a 3 day growth, and the soap and whiskers visible, so I relate that image to...

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A bit of maintenance honing with the Suehiro Gokumyo 20k. I touched up my two 7/8 Thiers Issards, a MoSoSo 15/16 and a Dorko 13/16. In the morning I am shaving with the Bijou de France...