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AAARGH!!! UPS rung at my door at the only time when no one was at home!!! :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Will have to wait until tomorrow to get my stones! :cry::cry::cry:

eheheh, hi Swerve, I got a couple of razors from our classifieds:

Engels special 5/8
and
6/8 Wade & Butcher

the second one was supposed to go to my brother, which is starting with SRs now,...

My stones were finally shipped today with UPS. I should get them by the end of the week.

I'll give them an initial lapping and then I'll only have to wait for the delivery of the couple of razors...

Depends on the blade.

The particular one I referring to is a dovo stainless steel 5/8 round point. I recently switched from the pyramid to circles getting better results.
The last one was 40...

I lay the sandpaper on a flat glass surface.

eleblu,

just to complete this comment, yesterday evening I stropped again the razor: 50 linen/75 leather, this morning another 25 leather and then shaved and it was nice and smooth: no pulling, no...

guys, you are confusing me now :confused:

Do I soak the naniwa SS or not?

Hi eleblu,

for the first 3/4 shaves it tend to cause some irritation, nothing serious and no razor burns, just some redness that normally fades in less than 1 hour. I can correct it with a proper...

How long do the naniwa's need to stay in water before being used? I leave the norton 10/15 minutes sinking in the water before using, do the naniwa require such a long time as well?

Ok,

the Naniwa 12k won the selection ;)

I placed an order yesterday, together with a Naniwa 1k for bevel setting. Unfortunately the vendor is closed until the 2nd of January, and there was also...

Furcifer, what do you use to lap the Shapton? The Norton lapping stone? One of my concern is actually on what I need to lap it. As for now I don't have a lapping stone, and with such an hard stone I...

Well, considering that I'm far from being an honemeister I'll probably go for the softer naniwa ;)
Being softer I can also spare the money for the lapping stone and I'll continue with the sandpaper...

Cool! Thanks baldy! How do you like your new naniwa? I'd love to read feedbacks from a few users ;)

Birnando,

one last question ;)

You mentioned the Naniwa being softer than the shapton. Can I lap it with the sandpaper method or does it require a lapping stone? In the latter case, what stone...

Hi Birnando,

I already have a Norton combination 4k/8k. I can get a proper edge with the Norton, but a bit harsh, I'm looking to get a smoother (and sharper) edge.

Hello all,

I'm about to buy some new honing equipment; I already decided for the naniwa 1000 as a grinding stone to set the initial bevel, but I have some concern on the polishing stone to buy.
...