almost perfect JNAT edge.

[paco664]

tonight i honed up my 13/16ths goldenedge..... i had honed it on coti last night and finished it with oil.... but i did something wrong and it just wasn't "there".....

so tonight i did a rarity.... i slurried the chit out of my coti and set the bevel.... then i diluted out to water and applied .5micron diamond with oil..... when finished it was a solid 3-4HHT...

so i grabbed the JNAT and rubbed it with my tomo nagura and made a nice little milky slurry.... passes till it darkened and then diluted out till nothing but clean water.....

*(i used one layer of tape on the spine for all this)....

went to the shave den and stropped it up on the kanayama..... solid 4.5-5HHT....

made a 2 pass with a touchup using a unknown unscented soap sent to me by a fellow member mixed with tabac....

it was a true "squeegy" type of shave.... blissful.... there was almost no need for ATG but i did it anyway out of habit and just to enjoy the edge a bit more....


there are few things as satisfying as shaving with a beautiful edge you created yourself.....

cheers fellas...

 

[joshua1970]

mojo, baby, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gary haywood]

whats your shaves been like of your la grise combo? I have one that my mate now has and i have another on slate . I just struggled like hell getting hht4 of the damm thing. the shaves have been ok ish but there is always that resistants and smoothness is not there due to lack of keness..... Just i have found other coticules to much easier .....

 

[Doc226]

 

[Wid]

Very nice, congrats.

 

[Seraphim]

Diamond spray sucks the mojo out of a stone quicker than Nosfaratu having a midnight snack.

 

[paco664]

whats your shaves been like of your la grise combo? I have one that my mate now has and i have another on slate . I just struggled like hell getting hht4 of the damm thing. the shaves have been ok ish but there is always that resistants and smoothness is not there due to lack of keness..... Just i have found other coticules to much easier .....

they have been very nice off the coti....

but i find i much prefer the edges finished on the JNAT....

 

[paco664]

Diamond spray sucks the mojo out of a stone quicker than Nosfaratu having a midnight snack.

lol... one of those is 200k grit... *(the final spray i use)....

i don't think it does much beyond lubrication on the stone...

 

[Seraphim]

lol... one of those is 200k grit... *(the final spray i use)....

i don't think it does much beyond lubrication on the stone...

Oh ho!

Methinks someone is rationalizing his synthetics dependency....


Diamond spray......


tape....


The first step to recovery is admitting you are a synth user....

 

[paco664]

Oh ho!

Methinks someone is rationalizing his synthetics dependency....


Diamond spray......


tape....


The first step to recovery is admitting you are a synth user....

I'm trying man... But first i gotta hit "rock" bottom....

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[Bendragon]

and I'm just sitting here Lapping it up...

 

[dakotaev]

I love that jnat, looks so nice!

 

[Obiwan]

I love that jnat, looks so nice!

Me too. I think thats the real reason he posted this thread. Just wanted to tease us again with a glimpse.

 

[Seraphim]

Me too. I think thats the real reason he posted this thread. Just wanted to tease us again with a glimpse.

At least we can agree on what a beautiful pic he posted.

Sure, it needed some cropping to get rid of the bric-a-brac, but the important stuff was centered on the frame nicely....

 

[joshua1970]

At least we can agree on what a beautiful pic he posted.

Sure, it needed some cropping to get rid of the bric-a-brac, but the important stuff was centered on the frame nicely....

teehee

 

[dakotaev]

At least we can agree on what a beautiful pic he posted.

Sure, it needed some cropping to get rid of the bric-a-brac, but the important stuff was centered on the frame nicely....

You missed some

 

[Disburden]

So the Japanese finishing worked finer than the diamond spray on the coticule with oil? That seems odd that the diamond spray finish didn't bring the edge as fine as the jnat did.

 

[Woodash]

^ Curious why do you say that. The Jnat probably has finer inherent particle size and is more dynamic on working....breakdown, slurry, dilution, etc...
Just my thought...

 

[Raithskar]

there are few things as satisfying as shaving with a beautiful edge you created yourself

I could not agree more. I did the exact same thing over the weekend. Best shave I have ever had this morning.

That Duck you got there is crap. Send it to me I will give it a fitting end! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[alx gilmore]

^So the Japanese finishing worked finer than the diamond spray on the coticule with oil? That seems odd that the diamond spray finish didn't bring the edge as fine as the jnat did. ...

I have no doubt that the high tech diamond spray sitting in a bottle is finer than the average Jnat sitting dry on a counter top, or the Shapton 30k for that matter. Up to a point a blade is just too dull to shave close and comfortable, but conversely after a point a blade is sharp enough for a comfortable shave, and beyond that point it is all about bragging rights.

At that sharp enough stage of honing in my book the character of the edge comes into play, and by that I mean the edges ability (or inability) to glide over skin irregularities, to be effective but not harsh with changing razor angles during shaving, the longivity of the edge ie. how many shaves will it hold up for, the graceful exit of an edge to stay somewhat sharp and not just crumble all at once.

^ Curious why do you say that. The Jnat probably has finer inherent particle size and is more dynamic on working....breakdown, slurry, dilution, etc...
Just my thought...

Woodash, I agree with you, up to a point. There are some active cutting particles in a Jnat that are just as fine as the diamond dusts but it is the overall mix of the avaliable grit at any one time that creates the comfortable edge off the natural. Paco's comment described.

"it was a true "squeegy" type of shave.... blissful.... there was almost no need for ATG but i did it anyway out of habit and just to enjoy the edge a bit more....there are few things as satisfying as shaving with a beautiful edge you created yourself....."

He was really describing the sensual side of a close shave, not just the inherant closeness but the pleasurable and non threating type of closeness that tends to come from a razor honed on a natural stone.

In honing a razor with a really fine Jnat the character of the stone requires you to draw it out as the user, and this is how you gain access to the finer grit particle action, by your own awareness to the stones requirements. Granted, diamond sprays out of a bottle are to some what must seem like the 20th centuries answer to rubbing a magic lamp and a genie pops out to grant you your every wish including a very, very sharp blade. But to the others, the users who favor the dug rocks, the aspects of the craft of working with natural stones can be just as rewarding and thrilling as any puff of smoke and flash from the lamp.

I like to keep in perspective the thought of how sharp is sharp enough. Sharp enough is really just a tad finer than dull in the razor world. In the world outside razors a dull razor seem incredibly sharp. In my shop a dull razor is one that just needs a bit more effort and thought. cheers, Alx