Today was almost like Christmas...complete with excitement and disappointment (my used tractor transaxle has the wrong axle stubs in it, got to take BOTH the new and old back and he can switch it around.) I also got 6 brush knots from TGN AND the Mythical hone!
The "Mythical" hone arrived today. I took it to my recently rehoned on coticule razor with water and shaved with it. I'll give it a passing grade on the edge. My razor was much *louder* than normal though...dunno...beard was a little longer than normal too.
I went about 100 laps on tap water. The stone does not slurry (Didn't expect it to) and it does not hold water (Did you use oil previously Nobody?) After a number of laps it was holding a spread of fine droplets instead of a few big beads.
I am going to start fresh on another razor with a Chosera 1k, then coticule slurry, then the Mythical hone maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. It's not going to be true "apples to apples" since I do not have two identical razors, and I don't want to restart honing on the same razor again and again.
Phil
The "Mythical" hone arrived today. I took it to my recently rehoned on coticule razor with water and shaved with it. I'll give it a passing grade on the edge. My razor was much *louder* than normal though...dunno...beard was a little longer than normal too.
I went about 100 laps on tap water. The stone does not slurry (Didn't expect it to) and it does not hold water (Did you use oil previously Nobody?) After a number of laps it was holding a spread of fine droplets instead of a few big beads.
I am going to start fresh on another razor with a Chosera 1k, then coticule slurry, then the Mythical hone maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. It's not going to be true "apples to apples" since I do not have two identical razors, and I don't want to restart honing on the same razor again and again.
Phil