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Classic combo today, Thuri and coti. The results were as expected, the coti wins smoothness, the Thuri wins sharpness. Altogether I preferred the coti edge, but the Thuri edge was also very good.
What did you hone today?
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Awasedo + tomo → Iromono + mikawa → awesome HHT! 
Water of Ayr Scotch (really should be “Scottish”) hone. Where have you been all of my life?
Amping up the edge on my Dovo Palisander with a Rozsutec Slovakian followed by the recently acquired WoA resulted in an insanely efficient and most comfortable removal of a multi-day growth. Really must think about picking up a Tam O’ Shanter to join the party.
Amping up the edge on my Dovo Palisander with a Rozsutec Slovakian followed by the recently acquired WoA resulted in an insanely efficient and most comfortable removal of a multi-day growth. Really must think about picking up a Tam O’ Shanter to join the party.
6/8-ish Improved Eagle Solingen hollow grind, and a 6" chef knife.
This is my finest stone. It's super hard and super fine. I'll be transitioning some my coticule edge straight razors to this Karasu. I use a diamond slurry, but I'll eventually find a tomo to match this stone one day.
Tula razor honed with Morihei 4k, 9k and 12k.
A small Nakayama mizu asagi with a liberal amount of slurry was used for the finish.
This razor still had the factory bevel the first time i honed it.
My first edge did not hold up to more then a few shaves.
I think these were intended to be maintained and finished with a pasted strop. The factory bevel angle was measured to 15 deg.
So, one layer of tape was used, and the edge was finished with slurry to get a little more meat behind the edge.
I had a really comfortable shave. Hopefully the edge will hold a little better now.
A small Nakayama mizu asagi with a liberal amount of slurry was used for the finish.
This razor still had the factory bevel the first time i honed it.
My first edge did not hold up to more then a few shaves.
I think these were intended to be maintained and finished with a pasted strop. The factory bevel angle was measured to 15 deg.
So, one layer of tape was used, and the edge was finished with slurry to get a little more meat behind the edge.
I had a really comfortable shave. Hopefully the edge will hold a little better now.
Puma on a Fiddish stone. Went with a diluticot down to water. Edge was pretty nice, shave was real good. Nice and comfortable with a fairly mellow edge.
Nakayama maruka and tenjou + meirjo after the naniwa 5k. Reset the bevel on my thiers issard and went 2k, 6k, 10k to tomo however the edge wasn't all the way there. Thinking I went from the 6k to 10k to early - might get the shapton Rockstar 3k so that the 6k doesn't have so much work. Komo and tomo will be next when I have more time.
Jointed the edge on this Collin razor then went full diluticot on this beautiful old coticule. To finish it was this new to me Nantlle Valley stone.
Very good HHT.
Very good HHT.
Preparing for next week, new to me razor and Jnat. Bevel cleaned up on 3K, kept it simple on Jnat, DMT slurry to water. Shave text to follow. First impression is the stone is fast and fine. It sure is pretty, but we will see how it pulls its weight.
First use of the Ozuku was supposed to be a light touchup of the Koraat 14 2.0, but the best laid plans, etc.
Started with a diamond slurry and, it left a few small chips in the edge. Went back to the Shapton Glass 2k to cut a clean bevel, and then gave the Ozuku a good lapping with a worn diamond plate and then a mikawa nagura. Resumed from there with mikawa slurry and ptrogressed to water before finishing with light laps with a tiny bit of lather. Edge looks great and HHT was solid. Shave in half an hour.
Started with a diamond slurry and, it left a few small chips in the edge. Went back to the Shapton Glass 2k to cut a clean bevel, and then gave the Ozuku a good lapping with a worn diamond plate and then a mikawa nagura. Resumed from there with mikawa slurry and ptrogressed to water before finishing with light laps with a tiny bit of lather. Edge looks great and HHT was solid. Shave in half an hour.
Finished up the razor today. Koma then tomo for a beautiful edge.
Yesterday’s shave off the Fiddish wasn’t satisfactory so I gave it another go today. This time 1-12k Naniwa to the Fiddish. HHT was very good and the shave outstanding.
Got a good edge on my Starlet. I'm quite proud of myself, considering the toe has a slight bend to it like it might have been dropped and the sides right above the edge looks wavy. So I just used lots of X strokes with the full length of the blade. I used Shapton HR 1k, 3k, film 4.5k, 6k, 14k, and ended with 14k with paper.
Thanks @H Brad Boonshaft for the suggestion to shave off the 1u film. This edge makes me wonder what I'm doing wrong with the balsa.
I think this is the best edge I've shaved with so far. My shave isn't very close but I didn't notice any resistance shaving mustache ATG.
Honed my Bengal near wedge on Jnat then my Klas Tornblom rattler on Jnat followed by black Ark on oil.
Great HHT from both.
I find the better I get at this the more relaxing it gets.
I’ve been honing my small rotation of razors for about five years now, I wonder is my technique pretty much maxed out yet or am I still capable of big improvements with the stones I have.
I like to think it’s the latter.
Great HHT from both.
I find the better I get at this the more relaxing it gets.
I’ve been honing my small rotation of razors for about five years now, I wonder is my technique pretty much maxed out yet or am I still capable of big improvements with the stones I have.
I like to think it’s the latter.
I have a Tanifuji that had some tarnish on it. I decided to do some heavy sanding
work, trying to get rid of pitting that had been there all along, but in the process managed to put a chip in the edge. So had to go through an entire progression from SG500 via King 800 and 1200, SP 2000 and 5000, then a coticule and finally a JNat. Treetopping nicely after the strop, will try it out at some point next week.
It's frustrating until you get the hang of it.
Newbie here. First time using this Black Arkansas on the Blackie razor. Stroped and ready to go for tomorrow.
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