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Not sure if this is going to make sense

The Naniwa SS series are expectational polishers, they were designed specifically to mimic Japanese Natural stones

The Shapton, and I am going to...

The wife and I fell for that one hehehe

2 hours of my life I cant get back

Black Sails was well worth the watch

Getting ready to start Shogun

Trying out Netflix 3 Body Problem, on E2 right now, hasn't caught me YET

Just finished up Warrior which I am...

I say it and say it and say it

Learn to hone from the top down, but nope the "Grind'r till ya learn" is ingrained so deep it is useless

Learn to strop
Learn to maintain/refresh your edge,...

Back in the office, I have a Desk that I use as a Honing area
In that office I had built wall to wall book shelves, one of those units is now full of hones :)
The Naniwa Super and the Shapton...

I think I am finally done making stands for my finishers and a few others

Damn Nakayama and my Naniwa Super stones came with stands back in 2009-2010 been adding stands to hones and stones since...

I saw this on FB first and honestly I kinda like it :)

I am weird that way I like a lot of the Blued razors from back in the day too

I have always like Spikey points too..

First let's clarify

Regardless of how many times you see them on a chart there is no such things as a Real "Wedge" grind there are near wedges but a wedge simply won't geometrically work
...

Bellied vs Saber Grinds vs Double Concave

What you are showing are mostly Saber Grinds, they are more rare and many were "Showoff" grinds

But they are not Bellied Hollow grinds nor a Double...

First test razor hone and shave

I gotta be honest, my biggest pet peeve when reading these types of threads is the guy that talks all about the first honing and then says "Ill let you know how the...

Gotta love the Iwasaki shave :)

Also just a minute to say THANK YOU Mark for continuing this great tradition of the SOTD's on SRP

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Getting closer

Had some time to make a stand (Dai) for it this morning out in the shop
Need to get it Stained/Sealed and get some razors moving across it

https://i.imgur.com/g5SXGaB.jpg
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Randy

I have tested quite a few over the years from the Welsh, to the ILRs the ones out of Arkansas that guy Coe was selling trying to remember the name Grey something he calls them "Dota Creek" ...

Just unpacked this one - No name as of yet

8 x 3 x 5/8 inches
I know it is cut from a Pool table slate
I don't know if it was Italian slate like the 9-Ball was
Going to do some testing
Lapped...

This was one of the ones I was telling you about on FB

https://sharprazorpalace.com/custom-builts-restorations/41287-very-special-frank-hess-handforged-x-abalone-acrylic.html

You can also use a app like Imgur to load your pics to then just link here

HOWEVER

If you delete them from that app it will delete them here too leaving a hole in our data :(

We would much...

And correctly which you couldn't manage to do,

Ps: If all I wanted to do was hone your razors, it would behoove me to just STFU and let you all screw them up then charge more to fix them, instead...

Exactly why you should learn stupid safety tricks that help lessen that risk, especially when they cost NOTHING and come from others hard earned experience..

That is the point

Has nothing to do with a tab, try watching the vid you might actually learn a thing or two

If you are cutting yourself from rubbing the tape in then what does a 1/4" to 1/2 in of tape hanging off...

You have the right idea,

What you need to figure out is YOUR bevel set Go-NoGo test

There are quite a few
They don't all work for everybnody so use them all until you get the outcome you...

Why would you "Center" the tape ??

Second your tape is bubbled and uneven

Third You probably tape maybe one razor a week I do about 40 so when it comes to tape I am very careful

You cut...

This is exactly why you hang the roll of tape off the end of the razor while smoothing the tape along the spine...

Why did you tape like that ???

Out of all the vids on my channel that deal with honing this might be my Fav to show to newbs

It isn't me honing,,, just helping, back when Mark was new to this ...

Mid February =time to look at the standings hehehe

Aves and Rangers are both looking strong :beer1:

Poland seems to be one of the countries that has a realistic outlook of what may come

Poland has been increasing their military power and economic power for sometime now, Might be the shining...