Thursday I unexpectedly had the day free from any obligations, being in the last week and a half of school it's a very unexpected, yet appreciated surprise. Ive noticed that with my new stones and experience I have been getting better results shaving than i have in the past, so I thought that i might go over all of my razors and assure that they're ready to pop hairs.
I spent the day honing and was able to get 26 of my straights "shave ready". Its in quotes, because we never know how it goes until we shave right? Well they all easily pop hairs between 4-6mm, and are ready to try shaving the next time my face allows. My thoughts were to get all 26 razors up to the same point and vary them as necessary/appropriate once I learn what is best with my skills/my stones.
I did learn a few things in my session that will allow future sessions to be quicker.
1) if i've gotten the razor shave ready before and question the current edge, I found that it's easily regained going from coticule and back to finishing stone.
2) The JNS that I own gets the blade to popping hairs, but it's on the low end of that spectrum. My JNS benefits from a slight application of Dark Blue Thuri Slurry and brings it up to either aggressively pop hairs away, or a few razors silently popped hairs.
3) I had one razor that had a couple chips, both less than 1/16" and cut down the razor on my shapton 1.2k. This is the second time i did chip removal on this stone, the first time on a red imp wedge. If I want to do chip removal in the future, i'll want a coarser stone.
4) I must determine if Thuri is supposed to be a good nagura, and what a better stone might be.
This last February my wife and i got a lot of razors from a social marketplace, one of them was a 7/8" Wade and Butcher. This is now the largest blade that i own, and it's the old heavy tang model. This was one of the razors that I worked with, and just got an unprecedented shave. 1/26 of these razors finished on my Ozuku/Thuri Slurry combo have provided one of the best shaves of my life.
This is the razor as it was when i purchased it, haven't done much besides sharpen it. The tip had an ever so slight bend and wouldn't sit flat on my stones, so i bent it gently a few times, and it was able to sit flat after. It might not have been ideal, but it worked...this time.
I spent the day honing and was able to get 26 of my straights "shave ready". Its in quotes, because we never know how it goes until we shave right? Well they all easily pop hairs between 4-6mm, and are ready to try shaving the next time my face allows. My thoughts were to get all 26 razors up to the same point and vary them as necessary/appropriate once I learn what is best with my skills/my stones.
I did learn a few things in my session that will allow future sessions to be quicker.
1) if i've gotten the razor shave ready before and question the current edge, I found that it's easily regained going from coticule and back to finishing stone.
2) The JNS that I own gets the blade to popping hairs, but it's on the low end of that spectrum. My JNS benefits from a slight application of Dark Blue Thuri Slurry and brings it up to either aggressively pop hairs away, or a few razors silently popped hairs.
3) I had one razor that had a couple chips, both less than 1/16" and cut down the razor on my shapton 1.2k. This is the second time i did chip removal on this stone, the first time on a red imp wedge. If I want to do chip removal in the future, i'll want a coarser stone.
4) I must determine if Thuri is supposed to be a good nagura, and what a better stone might be.
This last February my wife and i got a lot of razors from a social marketplace, one of them was a 7/8" Wade and Butcher. This is now the largest blade that i own, and it's the old heavy tang model. This was one of the razors that I worked with, and just got an unprecedented shave. 1/26 of these razors finished on my Ozuku/Thuri Slurry combo have provided one of the best shaves of my life.
This is the razor as it was when i purchased it, haven't done much besides sharpen it. The tip had an ever so slight bend and wouldn't sit flat on my stones, so i bent it gently a few times, and it was able to sit flat after. It might not have been ideal, but it worked...this time.
