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Girls call me Makaluod
As you may have read here, I have been having trouble with my SR shaving not leaving anything to shave 24 hours later. This morning I finished working my way through my Japanese M7DS so I am now free to compare a naturally finished edge against my normal diamond pasted balsa edges.
To start with, I only have two Turkish natural (Tnat) whetstones in my arsenal. Any further natural whetstones are basically impossible for me to procure until the Philippines postal system opens up again to receiving overseas parcels. The rest of my honing gear consists of synthetic whetstones, lapping film and diamond pasted balsa strops.
For this comparison, I will be using two identical SR's of Japanese high carbon steel. Both have been honed up and finished on diamond pasted (0.1um) balsa strops. To tell them apart, the tail on one of these SR's has been painted black with nail polish.
Over the next three or four days I will shave with these two SR's to ensure that they are providing about equal closeness and comfort. Once that is confirmed, my intention is to refresh the edge of the black-tailed SR on a Tnat and see how that performs in shaving. Once into the comparing stage, my shave routine will remain constant as follows:
The Tnat is about 50mm x 160mm x 10mm and has a possible grit rating of about 10k. Here is the Tnat; dry and wet:
To start with, I only have two Turkish natural (Tnat) whetstones in my arsenal. Any further natural whetstones are basically impossible for me to procure until the Philippines postal system opens up again to receiving overseas parcels. The rest of my honing gear consists of synthetic whetstones, lapping film and diamond pasted balsa strops.
For this comparison, I will be using two identical SR's of Japanese high carbon steel. Both have been honed up and finished on diamond pasted (0.1um) balsa strops. To tell them apart, the tail on one of these SR's has been painted black with nail polish.
Over the next three or four days I will shave with these two SR's to ensure that they are providing about equal closeness and comfort. Once that is confirmed, my intention is to refresh the edge of the black-tailed SR on a Tnat and see how that performs in shaving. Once into the comparing stage, my shave routine will remain constant as follows:
- 60 laps on clean leather hanging strop
- Wash face with cold water, bar soap and rinse with cold water
- Face lather with Arko shaving soap stick
- 1 x WTG + 1 x XTG
- Rinse face with cold water and apply alcohol/witch hazel splash
- 6 laps on clean chamois hanging strop
- 50 laps on 0.1um diamond pasted hanging balsa strop (clear-tail only)
- 10 to 20 laps on Tnat with water (black-tail only)
- Dry and oil blade then put away.
The Tnat is about 50mm x 160mm x 10mm and has a possible grit rating of about 10k. Here is the Tnat; dry and wet: