I'm waiting for someone to pull the trigger on it so we can get some good pix of it! I just don't have $300 to spare right now
No, I wouldn't lap past them unless they are causing a problem. Even then, I'd consider filling them before lapping them out. No reason to waste stone.
My apologies Frank but that is funny!!
Wow these things can remove metal !! Honed an old 6/8 Bengall, spent about 45min bevel setting and testing on my arm with different dilutions of slurry. You can really feel and hear the difference. Was good to play with an old razor as there is significantly more hone wear on it now !! Taped up the spine and did the unicot method, spent some extra time on the final stage with 30 passes then testing HHT. Managed to get a 4 in the middle and 2 on the ends at one stage, went back to the stone to try and even things up and couldn't get back to that level with 4 more attempts of 30 passes. Ended up with HHT 2-3 on the whole length then stropped to a good 4. The shave was great, did an extra pass on the most tender parts of my neck to feel for irritation and I don't have any. Im in love
There are a couple patches on the stone that have pin ***** and slightly larger holes along those darker seams, should I lap past those so the whole surface is completely smooth? Or will I uncover more holes in the stone as i get deeper into it? Honing over the holes does not seem to be an issue.
I love natural combos where the layers 'swoop' like that. I don't know LV from LD or LMNOP - but I've never been much of a veinaholic.
Except for Hybrids - and maybe LPB and LGJ, I wouldn't be able to ID a stone's vein on the fly.
IF that one is old - then I don't know that anyone could attribute a layer to it accurately. In the past, I've had a 1-2 Pike Cotis with similar lines/layers.
Was the LV layer mined long ago?
Anybody know why the big pink LD went up in price? It's 250 euro now.
Anybody know why the big pink LD went up in price? It's 250 euro now.