Awesome "found" stone passaround signup

[rockviper]

You tell me when, and I will do the draw.

 

[bluesman 7]

You tell me when, and I will do the draw.

Now would be good.

 

[rockviper]

In progress.......

 

[rockviper]

Eight folks in the draw. I will be flipping a coin three times, cutting the list in half each time.
Heads - top half stays
Tails - bottom half stays

Starting point
1.) GolFisHunt - MI
2.) newb - NY
3.) TimS - RI
7.) joamo - NE
8.) bluesman7 - CO
9.) dfoulk - AZ
10.) CFrankC - WA
11.) JBjunior - AK

Flip-1 : Heads
1.) GolFisHunt - MI
2.) newb - NY
3.) TimS - RI
7.) joamo - NE
8.) bluesman7 - CO
9.) dfoulk - AZ
10.) CFrankC - WA
11.) JBjunior - AK


Flip-2 : Tails
1.) GolFisHunt - MI
2.) newb - NY
3.) TimS - RI
7.) joamo - NE
8.) bluesman7 - CO
9.) dfoulk - AZ
10.) CFrankC - WA
11.) JBjunior - AK

Flip-3 : Tails
1.) GolFisHunt - MI
2.) newb - NY
3.) TimS - RI
7.) joamo - NE
8.) bluesman7 - CO
9.) dfoulk - AZ
10.) CFrankC - WA
11.) JBjunior - AK

And so you have it..... joamo is the lucky winner!!

 

[bluesman 7]

Thanks Sam. Congrats joamo!

 

[joamo]

Wow!!
I'm floored and very excited!

Thanks to Rockviper for making the selection!

 

[dfoulk]

Thanks to Rockviper for helping us out.

Congrats Joe!

 

[TimS]

So close! Congratulations!!!

 

[eKretz]

Congrats to joamo, and thanks everybody for participating. Thank you also to Rockviper for handling the draw!

 

[Gamma]

...and he told me that a lot of people suggest not using linen on edges from Thuri type stones.

I have never ever heard of that. I'll also say that that I've shaved off a ton of edges finished on Thuris and dressed on all kinds of linen without issue.
But, well - whatever works.

 

[David]

I've heard that, here and there on the forums. I tried it and found I like my Thuri edges (and all edges for that matter) best after a good canvas or linen stropping.
YMMV of course.

 

[Bayamontate]

I have never heard that and it's contrary to my experience, but of course that means nothing.

 

[David]

Best I can remember someone found that in an old barbers manual or something and it floated around for a couple months.

 

[Gamma]

Ahhhh - yes, correct. Now I remember. I had dismissed it as b/s long ago.

It was a seriously questionable bit of 'advice' printed on a label by an ancient Thuri distributor...

 

[Gamma]

This was all very cool indeed, well done!

 

[eKretz]

As far as the linen, I don't really use it at all. I have been using a homemade denim strop for quite some time now. I really only use it for cleaning debris or moisture from the blade. On a new edge, I give it about 5 laps on the denim strop just to be sure there's no grit particles remaining on the razor. I haven't really noticed a whole lot of difference in edge quality either way though.

 

[JBjunior]

I just got back from a deployment and the stone was/will be in the next few minutes by my wife, sent off today to Joamo. He was most patient.

 

[joamo]

The Kuro is in it's new home.
Thanks to eKretz and everyone else for their insights on the stone.
Joe

 

[eKretz]

Enjoy it, bud. I will probably do another one of these before too long.