Thread: The Butchered Blade

Great job Mike.
Those collars fit that wood and style perfecto-mundo!
I knew you'd be able to restore that beauty.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Great job Mike.
Those collars fit that wood and style perfecto-mundo!
I knew you'd be able to restore that beauty.

Man Mike..!!!
That is the smoothest, most comfortable shaver I've ever put to my face yet. Just finished my shave a little while ago...WOW!!!
Not even a hint of sting from the alum block either.
Ran out to Imperial shave yesterday for a couple stones, just for finishing that blade, a 800 Nani ss and a 1000 Chosera and Nani slurry stone . (dressing stone)
Started with 220 and high honed out the chips and shaped the blade, then 400ss,800ss,1000chosera ,5000ss, 8000ss and 12000 all with slurry, diluting the slurry on each stone thru the progression.
Ive never had a blade hone up so fast like this one. The edge is so perfect, that I didnt even strop with cr/ox, just fabric and leather.

Thanks again brother!! [emoji482]
She's a "AWSOME"shaver...NO!!...
" HEAVENLY " shaver [emoji56]

I just ordered the chosera 1k as well. Needed to raise my bevel setting game too.
Really happy you got er done.
I found the same, those non XL's take a great edge, and keep it for some time.
Enjoy it in good health and shaves Mike.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I just ordered the chosera 1k as well. Needed to raise my bevel setting game too.
Really happy you got er done.
I found the same, those non XL's take a great edge, and keep it for some time.
Enjoy it in good health and shaves Mike.

Get the dressing stone Mike!!
Your gonna love that chosera stone, and paired with the dressing(slurry) stone... Fast!!
The scratches are extremely even and consistent too. ( 60x magnification)

I love my Chosera 1k. I've had it ever since they came out with the new one.............
You can slowly see the metal coming off.

Originally Posted by engine46

I love my Chosera 1k. I've had it ever since they came out with the new one.............
You can slowly see the metal coming off.

It was my first time with it.
Its sooooo much better than the Specialty stones. Not that there's anything wrong with them, just the chosera is faster. I set the bevel on that blade and removed the scratches from the 800 in a third of the time I would have spent with the specialty stone. And using their slurry stone thru the whole progession of stones, diluting along the way, gave me the best edge I've ever done. QUICKLY!!

Originally Posted by outback

It was my first time with it.
Its sooooo much better than the Specialty stones. Not that there's anything wrong with them, just the chosera is faster. I set the bevel on that blade and removed the scratches from the 800 in a third of the time I would have spent with the specialty stone. And using their slurry stone thru the whole progession of stones, diluting along the way, gave me the best edge I've ever done. QUICKLY!!

I had to throw my dressing stone away on principle alone.

I decided to clean my Shaptons with it when it tore the corner off my 16k

Since then I use a DMT credit card. I think a pure DMT slurry cuts better than the dressing stone slurry. Though I could be imagining this

I have a question please. What is horn like to work with in comparison to wood.. Is it easy to hand sand?

Cheers

Findings Catalog: all the little doodads that are used in jewelry making, bead work also.

Originally Posted by WW243

Findings Catalog: all the little doodads that are used in jewelry making, bead work also.

Yep he got me on that. The collars I used are called bead caps. [emoji6]

Originally Posted by JOB15

I had to throw my dressing stone away on principle alone.

I decided to clean my Shaptons with it when it tore the corner off my 16k

Since then I use a DMT credit card. I think a pure DMT slurry cuts better than the dressing stone slurry. Though I could be imagining this

I have a question please. What is horn like to work with in comparison to wood.. Is it easy to hand sand?

Cheers

Horn is very easy to work with and not all that different than wood. Although unlike wood you can polish the horn and there is no need to put a finish on it. It has grain and is soft like wood too. It sands well and you can even use scrapers and chisels on it, but the grain runs off like cedar and I rout it would be east to carve.