What did you hone today?

I have been playing around lately with some synthetic edges and even some film edges, but decided to break this coti and razor out. I hadn't used this stone in quite some time so going in I told myself that if I didn't hit it just right I could always finish it on one of my Les Lats. Well no such remedial measures were needed as I got a superb edge. The HHT was crazy good. So good I went and got another hair just to confirm it and watch the hair silently fall. Shave will be this evening.

Brian, that razor is killer. I love anything Damacsus.

Thank you David. I shave with this one a LOT! It is everything I wanted in a straight. My no holds barred perfect razor. Having used it for a couple years now there is still nothing that I would change.

My old faithful test razor and a new stone. Great finish with very little work. The feedback doesn't change unless you use light pressure. Then it sticks to the stone and gives a mirror finish.

A 1/4 hollow 13/16+ Spanish point Hisyakaku 500. Interesting razor, box is marked "Extra Very Hard" and it apparently is. Took quite a while to set the bevel and bring up the edge to where it should be, and the hone wear was very small. Tiny invisible bevels like we see on so many fine Japanese razors.

Cheers, Steve

Tanifuji made NOS Nichiri Cape 1000. 13/16 half hollow and superbly ground. It took very little to bring this one up to snuff. These razors are a joy to shave with.

Cheers, Steve

What I honed yesterday, today and all going well tomorrow. A few small chips and a rounded bevel ended up taking a little longer than planned on the 1500 grit but the end is nigh and the naturals are calling.

Steve56 said:

Tanifuji made NOS Nichiri Cape 1000. 13/16 half hollow and superbly ground. It took very little to bring this one up to snuff. These razors are a joy to shave with.

Cheers, Steve

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And beautiful to look at too!!

Steve you have too many stones that go in pretty boxes....

Started to give this TSC a touchup then decided to go back to bevel. 1200 bester, 4000 imanishi, 8000 SS, thuri, linen and Illinois 361 horsehide.

Genco Henry's XX finished on pictured stone with DMT slurry

What's the stone? Looks interesting!

Cheers, Steve

My guess is a mottled thuri. Does have a cool in-the-rough look since the top is the only finished side. Came with the one in my first post. Not quite as fine. I normally use as a pre-finisher for that one.

I decided to clean up a hell of a lot of edge damage on this George Johnson before going any further. The edge had a ripple in it the size of a pinhead from a ding and was chippy all over. I wanted to make sure the steel was good. That initial bit was ludicrously soft but then it normalized quickly after some microchipping in protest. I'll tidy it up now and hone it proper.

Dcaddo111 said:

Vintage boker. Bevel set on a striped iyoto with a stellar zebra striped iyoto Tomo Nelson gifted me. Dilutions on the coti down to water.

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Did you bring that one to Duck Slaying 2014?

Dcaddo111 said:

Vintage boker. Bevel set on a striped iyoto with a stellar zebra striped iyoto Tomo Nelson gifted me. Dilutions on the coti down to water.

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NVM i can see from that pic that it was well used that day

I hone this Solingen on Suehiro 1/3 K after a coti try to finish on my new stone / Silkstone or thuri / and finaly finish plain water on a blue green slurry to see how my new BG piece of thuri performs .

A Corvette 1965 of Austrian Schoeller-Bleckmann EVH Phoenix steel. The stuff is hard for sure. Dead silent HHT root-in/root-out off the kan.

Cheers, Steve

Eveningcoffee said:

My guess is a mottled thuri. Does have a cool in-the-rough look since the top is the only finished side. Came with the one in my first post. Not quite as fine. I normally use as a pre-finisher for that one.

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I asked because the pattern looks a little like a Schwenstein. If it is, you have the thickest one in the world!

Cheers, Steve

Kcnwea said:

NVM i can see from that pic that it was well used that day

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Yes, I think you honed a razor on it. Duck slaying 2015 is coming up. Too bad you're on another continent.