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I flattened this new stone on Monday, and decided to hone my main practise razor, a Boker King Cutter. It had already been honed on Naniwa 1, 3 & 8, and then a coticule, but I wasn't crazy with the...

I cleaned the old slurry off the stone today and inspected it more closely. It has some interesting mottling. When I scratch it with my fingernail it feels super fine.

As you can see it's dished,...

I've recently come to accept the fact that I won't always have the time for a SR shave, so I've been using DEs more than in the past. As a result, I've suddenly picked up a bunch of new DEs, I'm not...

I agree, they look great. I can't wait to shave with it!

I'm not sure, but I have my suspicions! I will clean off the dried slurry and post pics when I have time, maybe on Monday. I'd sure like to find out!

As for the DE, it turns out it's a 1958...

On Monday I went and hung out with VintageSmurf, who only lives about a 20 minute drive away, as it turns out. I came home with a new SR, DE and stone. The SR (a Burrell Top Flight) needs a bit of a...