John Barber 6/8 near wedge
Hess 5/8 full hollow
Wosty Pipe 5/8 full hollow
Hess 5/8 full hollow
Wosty Pipe 5/8 full hollow
Killed the edge and honed up my 5/8 fabrieks merk on my new, old, coticule - the bigger one in the pic. With some advice and encouragement from shakin_jake I've cut down the time I need to spend playing around with dilutions dramatically. Ten minutes from dull to shaving sharp, spent a little longer on the linen than usual and had a very nice shave.
Filarmonica 14 Especial Para Barba Duras on my 8x2 La Veinette.View attachment 231188
Honed three razors: Croiseur wedge, Sta Sharp mostly hollow, and ERN 58 half hollow the same way. Surprisingly the wedge was the sharpest.
Taped spine with 3M super88 (starting to hate this tape, leaves lots of adhesive residue on spine)
12 micron until it HHT ~ 120 laps
6 micron ~ 90 laps
3 micron ~ 60 laps
1 micron ~ 60 laps
1 micron ~ 30 laps (paper underneath)
CrOx on balsa 15 laps (except the wedge, didn't want to damage the gold etching)
Iron Ox. on balsa 15 laps (same as above)
Leather strop 60 laps
Results: Had an excellent shave with the Croiseur.