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I'm pretty certain that this used to be Andre the Giant's personal hone.

The stone I'm using is the very same Escher/Thuri that was for sale here.

I'm definitely happy with it so far- as you can see from the thread I'm going to tweak my approach with it a bit.

Well, as Euclid mentioned I also have a Snow White. I'm tempted to do a few with just 8k Snow White to Escher/Thuri.

Interesting Rez.

I have a progression that goes all the way up to 20k, and in small steps.

I've read on here about guys that rarely take their razors to the stones for a refresh, I'm...

So here's something I didn't expect.

I finished up that T. Scargill with an Escher/Thuringian.

I finished the Turner with an Arkansas.

Both gave nice, smooth shaves with no harshness.
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...and here's a Turner's Everlasting on the Arkansas. Every time I pick this razor up, I get the sense that the steel is fairly hard. Not sure why.

It does get sharp! I'll give it a...

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I talked about this one in the What Are You Working On thread. I didn't do much to it, just a little polishing.

It honed up really well and it shaves great. I got lucky with this one....

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Back in the saddle.

I have a bunch of razors that need refreshing. Today, the finisher is my Escher/Thuringian.

Tomorrow I'm giving the Arkansas a spin.

Phrank, you didn't mention that Fox no. 44 in your list of favorites...

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Nice stones!

I was teasing SHD about needing an intervention but I'm right there with him.

I'm pretty sure I'll pull the trigger on a Thuringian here soon. Also, Griffith emailed me back and...

Ok. I think it is time for an intervention...

:p

I'll definitely start looking. Griffith is sold out for the time being.

As for Thuris, I would be ok with one that was less wide but longer. I might actually prefer that- when I'm honing usually...

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I'll shave with this one tomorrow. It wanted a bit of a refresh and didn't give me any trouble on the stones, nice and quick. I just picked up one of those Kanayama strops and I'll finish...

Sigh. Here's another rabbit hole for me to go down. I've been looking at picking up a Thuringian to see if I would like it. This post has me looking at these stones now as well.

I found a German...

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The top razor is a Hibbard Blue Beard. 6 months ago I couldn't get an edge on it, but I returned to it yesterday and it shaved great this morning.

The Blue Beard is one of those little...

You've definitely helped me out a lot, I appreciate all the advice I get here!

For sure!

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Ok, I seem to be on the right track here.

This is a Turner Everlasting that I had tried to hone in the past. Like my other current honing attempt, it seemed sharp and plowed through arm hairs with...

In regard to this, I tried a different loupe. I ordered a less powerful 10x lighted loupe. My other one was a 30x, and it was not lighted. For some reason the 10x is picking up what I couldn't see...

Thanks for the advice! I'm trying to take the guesswork out of my honing sessions. I'll get back at it this weekend and report back. :D

Yeah, one of these days I need to head to one of those meet ups.

I honed up a Sheffield blade on Saturday that really seemed to be sharp. It was cutting through arm hairs with ease, and in my case that usually means it will be a good shaver.

It did technically...

Ha, good eye. Yeah, I like that bottle, it works for me- it gives me just the amount of water I want. A spray bottle would work fine too, but I had that handy.

I'm not a very organized person...

Got a little sidetracked this summer, but it is time to get back to some projects. Here's my work area- on the 8k is a little W&B Celebrated. It started cutting arm hairs fairly quickly.

After...

I'm using the 20k as well.

I definitely find it to be quick. Do you find the shaves off the other stone to be more comfortable?