Shaving Americana (Pic Heavy)

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Picked up quite a few good deals lately on some barber hones and a fairly good condition razor. The hones have been reconditioned although they were all in fairly good nick when I got them. My process is to lap with 220 SiC, 400 SiC, 400 W/D, 800 W/D, 1000 W/D, 2000 W/D then soak the hones in melted petrolatum. First hone is a gorgeous C-Mon dual sided hone, second is a Bob Taylor hone made by the A.M Hone Company, third is a rather spartan looking Carborundum 118S. All came out nice, the C-Mon and Carbo were dead flat so likely unused, the C-mon was just a little oxidized on the surface so the lapping just cleaned it up. There was a low spot on the left side of the Bob Taylor hone which lapped right out but someone had used the side of the hone for something like fishhooks so it has two deep grooves but nothing that will interfere functionally.







Next up is a nice little Union Spike razor I got for the princely sum of $14. Pretty great condition, the toe has been honed slightly narrower than the heel but nothing too obscene really compared to many I have seen. These were real every-man, workhorse razors so the ones I often come across at least, are heavily honed and oftentimes really misshapen from poor honing, giant frowns at the toe end of the blade, etc; not worth cleaning up but this beauty won't take too much time or effort. Great ivoroid scales and the coffin isn't too shabby either. These narrow American wedges are great shavers.