5/8 W&B that I rescaled in Cocobolo.
What did you hone today?
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5/8 W&B that I rescaled in Cocobolo.
Nice razor. That La Petite Blance looks kind of intersting, too.
Yes it works best with very light pressure.
A Red Imp on a Coticule + Thuringian.
Yesterday, Jones Manufacturing Chicago 5/8 on a Coti.
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Le Grelot on a water only coti. This touchup is intented to ready the blade for its maiden voyage on my new strop from DM.
By my calculations, I am currently the owner of not only his last ever paddle strop (and no more will be made, from what I read) but also the very last latigo he produced*. Oh joy!
*I welcome the day when I can cheerfully hand over the title of owner of the newest TM strop to the next lucky guy in line.
ie: Da Man
By my calculations, I am currently the owner of not only his last ever paddle strop (and no more will be made, from what I read) but also the very last latigo he produced*. Oh joy!
*I welcome the day when I can cheerfully hand over the title of owner of the newest TM strop to the next lucky guy in line.
What's the grit rating of that stone it's on?
I don't know, it was just something I picked up (literally
)Last night; two Elmo 4/8" of a set of three.
I'm quite pleased, I had to hone out a chip in one of them, and it still gave a good shave this morning.
I'm quite pleased, I had to hone out a chip in one of them, and it still gave a good shave this morning.
This morning I honed up a Wolfertz 5/8. Set the bevel on a DMT and finished up on a run through the Naniwas. Shave was comfortable but not as close as I'd like. I might go back to the 5k and go through again.
Honed my 6/8 GOTTA to take with me this week to San Francisco.
1.2K DMT
Nakayama Honyama
Shobudani Asagi
75 Laigo
1.2K DMT
Nakayama Honyama
Shobudani Asagi
75 Laigo
Took this Heljestrand back to the Coti for a little more work, wasn't quite there after the initial honing on Saturday.
A few laps starting with a light slurry, finishing with ~100 laps on water only, result: First real success with the coti, and a fabulous shave
A few laps starting with a light slurry, finishing with ~100 laps on water only, result: First real success with the coti, and a fabulous shave
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Did a full honing of my 13/16 vintage Le Grelot on my 125x30mm La Petite Blanche. The result? Pure bliss. Definitely hands down the best shaving edge I have ever produced thanks (mostly) to the razor. Unfortunately this razor still has the original black plastic scales that are flimsy and loose, so I have to guide the blade in. I think TI blond horn are what I need to order...
Forgot to add pictures!
Had to do a touch up on a Carl Rader 7/8. Did like 60 passes on a Naniwa 12K then to .25 diamond then stropped on latigo.
Back to as good as new
Back to as good as new
6/8 Le Grelot on the BBW side of my combo coti. TPT seems to be better than my coti side (indicating my current lack of a refined technique). I'll see how the shave is in the morning.
6/8 Le Jaguar 1/4 hollow . Had honed it long ago and it was my initial test when I got my Oozuku Asagi for finishing. Remember the edge not being great and actually was thinking of selling this one.
Took it back to the hones. Reset the bevel on a Chosera 1K, LGJ coticule dilucot and finished on an escher. Wow! This seriously is one of the most impressive edges I've ever attained. I'm attributing this to the steel as I really didn't do anything different than I normally do in my honing regiment.
Took it back to the hones. Reset the bevel on a Chosera 1K, LGJ coticule dilucot and finished on an escher. Wow! This seriously is one of the most impressive edges I've ever attained. I'm attributing this to the steel as I really didn't do anything different than I normally do in my honing regiment.
Set the bevel on a John Clarke & Son.
Used a DMT 325/600/1200 (taped spine) to remove some chips. No tape then set the bevel on DMT 1200.
That's it for the night, I'll finish it tomorrow.
Used a DMT 325/600/1200 (taped spine) to remove some chips. No tape then set the bevel on DMT 1200.
That's it for the night, I'll finish it tomorrow.
E.A Berg ½ hollow
DMT 600 > Naniwa 2K >Naniwa 8K > Naniwa 10K > HA Diamond 0.5/ leather bench strop > Ha Diamond 0.25/leather bench strop
F.W Söderén 5/8 frameback
DMT 600 > Naniwa 2K >Naniwa 8K > Naniwa 10K > Vintage Swedish paste on suede bench strop(lovely stuff)
"Finest India Steel" 5/8 wedge
Touch up w/ ~50 laps on coticule (La Grosse Blanche)
Eskilstuna Jernbolag 6/8 frameback
Touch up w/ ~50 laps on coticule (La Grosse Blanche)
Gerber Gator II folding knife
Touch up w/ Naniwa 3K
Smith&Wesson extreme ops folding knife
Touch up w/ Naniwa 1K > Naniwa 3K
Frosts carving knife
Touch up w/ King 6K
DMT 600 > Naniwa 2K >Naniwa 8K > Naniwa 10K > HA Diamond 0.5/ leather bench strop > Ha Diamond 0.25/leather bench strop
F.W Söderén 5/8 frameback
DMT 600 > Naniwa 2K >Naniwa 8K > Naniwa 10K > Vintage Swedish paste on suede bench strop(lovely stuff
)"Finest India Steel" 5/8 wedge
Touch up w/ ~50 laps on coticule (La Grosse Blanche)
Eskilstuna Jernbolag 6/8 frameback
Touch up w/ ~50 laps on coticule (La Grosse Blanche)
Gerber Gator II folding knife
Touch up w/ Naniwa 3K
Smith&Wesson extreme ops folding knife
Touch up w/ Naniwa 1K > Naniwa 3K
Frosts carving knife
Touch up w/ King 6K
Wapi w/Coti dilucot .... and got one of my best shaves with a straight yet.
I've oiled up and packed my TI Le Grelot hollow away for the time being as I have trouble getting a nice edge on it compared to my Wapi using either unicot or dilucot methods. I think it might be the TI steel being much harder that the Wapi (just a guess) and my current lack of consistent technique in honing (no guess there
).
Either way, until I am able to get a consistently good edge on my Wapi, I think I need to stick with the exact same setup (razor, coti, dilucot) before moving on to my Le Grelot. And here I thought the full hollow would be easier to hone than the 1/4 Wapi. Oh well. Good thing I love my Wapi
I've oiled up and packed my TI Le Grelot hollow away for the time being as I have trouble getting a nice edge on it compared to my Wapi using either unicot or dilucot methods. I think it might be the TI steel being much harder that the Wapi (just a guess) and my current lack of consistent technique in honing (no guess there
).Either way, until I am able to get a consistently good edge on my Wapi, I think I need to stick with the exact same setup (razor, coti, dilucot) before moving on to my Le Grelot. And here I thought the full hollow would be easier to hone than the 1/4 Wapi. Oh well. Good thing I love my Wapi
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