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I don't know and always wanted one too. I tried to get them cheap a few times, but never got lucky. I did wonder about how to sharpen then correctly. It appears they do strop them though. Good buy...

Yeah that sucks. Looks like a beautiful Iromono too. Alex said the same thing about those corners. He said on these stones sometimes just a simple bump on the corner can cause a layer to let loose....

Alex I have had the misfortune of this experience more than once in many years. It actually turned my stomach to think of how long these survive in use only to be broken in seconds by mispackaging...

An old Smith dip toe.

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James Barlow & Sons
Okudo Iromono
The skinny one is the tomo

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Old George W. on the Narutaki Nakayama
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While watching Anthony Bourdain Japan.
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Strawberry suita with hato uchigumori is current test this evening.

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Thanks.

Are you using hato just as a slurry stone? What base stone are you using. I just started experimenting with the various uchigumori slurry on various base stones .

Enjoy

Trying out jito slurry. Incredible sharp yet so smooth
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Namito Uchigumori hato slurry

C&H stub Tail
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The edge from this combo was smoother yet sharper without feeling keen at all than any coticule edge I have ever made. The Fiddich River Stone and Tam O Shanter are one of the best combos I...

Combo time
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Test hone and shave on an old Tam O Shanter bout and what I think maybe the craziest looking Charnley Forest. The CF felt pretty much like my best CF in sharpness and a tad smoother and forgiving,...

Forgot to post my Charn Harwood session from last night.
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Joseph Roberts & Sons on a 8" x 2" vintage coti
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First honing and shave of the new year. Harwood & Co. On the crazy side of the Fiddich River Stone.
Happy New Year.
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This is the third razor I have honed up on this stone and shaved. The results have been very consistent and phenomenally close and skin friendly. Glad I accidentally purchased this one.

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James Barlow& Sons on the Fiddich River Stone. Forgot to put this up here yesterday what a nice shave.

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I forgot how incredibly impossible it is to raise a slurry on this one, but how excellent the shave is once you do.

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It was time for a touch up on the Shepherd. So I did a total Suita touch up. The karasu is so silky yet the densest heaviest stone with no su. So I started with that and the Shinden tomo. Then onto...

Removed some micro chips and shaved with a light saber with this combo today.
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Tested out what I thought would be a knife/mid razor 38mm thick kuro renge suita on a red imp 132 wedge. Turns out to be a very nice creamy finisher. Excellent shave and so smooth. Leaves that I...

The old Sheppard on a lovely two sided kiita Iromono. The side with the blue edge gets it scary sharp and super smooth on the iromono.

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