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Thread: Arkansas Straight Razor Shave

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    Today i shaved off some Arkansas Stones and filmed it .


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    NOTHING like an Arkansas edge. Hahahaha. Thanks for sharing. Love it!!
    What a curse be a dull razor; what a prideful comfort a sharp one

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    Nice, Joseph-You guys are killing me with these foot-long Arkies! Beautiful stones you got there!
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    There are many roads to sharp.

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    I have some long arks also, but you don’t need that length. I bought a 5X2 old Translucent in the box for $15, last week. I find the 5 and 6 incher every so often in the wild.

    You can buy them on eBay for about $40-50, they will easily hone a razor and if they were well use, by a machinist they are already burnished, lap the other side to 600 and make a micro bevel. 10-15 laps should do it.

    I will post some pics later.

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    Very nice video thanks, Arks are top as are Hart razors and Plisson brushes.

    I also have your tiny Ark which I use for honing steel pen nibs (calligraphy), works a treat. Rotring used to market them for this, together with a small square of leather for stropping.
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    Thank you.
    I tried to keep it all American but alas no USA brush.
    That tiny Ark I bought time ago when I was wanting to burnish a jnat.. Silly me.

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