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Thread: Linen or leather after honing?
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12-08-2010, 03:18 AM #11
Well regarding whether to use linen/leather after the 8k if the leather only feels better I'd stick with that. A lot of this stuff is each individual's perception. I've gotten many a good shave off of the Norton 8k. Smooth enough but my face/whiskers may be different than yours. For instance, I see guys post about shaving bumps and ingrowns ... I've never had one or the other.So it's all different strokes for different folks. Nothing carved in stone ... no pun intended.
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12-08-2010, 03:34 AM #12
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Thanked: 220Thank you for the advice.
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12-08-2010, 04:52 AM #13
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12-08-2010, 11:23 AM #14
I do both and my usual method after honing is 50 fabric and 100 leather. I do 30/60 fabric and leather before each shave, then 15/30 afterwards.
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12-08-2010, 10:16 PM #15
I never felt like linen helped my edge. Leather only. Obviously YMMV depending on much of the great insight that came out in this post.
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12-08-2010, 10:30 PM #16
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Thanked: 13236I am on board with the Oz man on part of this, I hone a lot of razors, I can see what is on my white linen "after honing" strop, (in fact if IIRC there is a pic of my last one on here) I don't want that stuff embedded in my leather "after honing" strop.. Honestly though I have never even tried just leather after honing, I would be willing to bet that I couldn't tell the difference though...
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Firefighter2 (12-09-2010)
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12-09-2010, 12:51 AM #17
I saved this pic Glen. It made the penny drop for me
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12-09-2010, 01:38 AM #18
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Thanked: 2204Oh boy, maybe I should not say this, but....
I do not use either linen or leather on an edge right after honing. I let the edge "rest" until I shave with it. Then it goes on the leather only for the first shave.
The reasoning is that during honing we have pushed the edge into the abrasives a whole lot. This may have slightly deformed the "teeth, points, etc" to such an angle that it may become snagged on linen or leather. So, I let it rest to give the steel a chance to reassert its shape ( if that happens at all).
Just my $.02,Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin
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Firefighter2 (12-09-2010)
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12-09-2010, 02:35 AM #19
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12-25-2010, 07:34 AM #20
I always hit the linen after honing to clean the edge off completely--especially if I've raised a slurry at all during finishing. I do pay strict attention to pressure if I'm coming off the Nakayama or something like it, though.