I honed my first razor today, and I just wanted to take the time to thank all of you who recommended TSS as a place for me to buy a coticule. And I wanted to thank everyone for the advice given on how to use it properly. I bought a 125 x 30 combo stone and got it yesterday. I got a little guy just so that if I couldn't do it I wouldn't have wasted much money. I did a lot of research on here before I used it, and many of you helped me and didn't even know it. Anyway on with the story. I have been straight shaving for around a year now, but have never tried honing. I knew I wanted to learn to use the cotiule because of the edges I have used it was my favorite. So today I honed my first razor. When I started the razor wouldn't cut arm hair so I started on the BBW side with a very heavy slurry. I have no idea how many laps it took, but I stayed on that until the razor would cut arm hair. After that I went to the Coti with a heavy slurry doing small circles and then x strokes. I gradually diluted the slurry. Once again I have no idea how many laps I did. All I know is it was a lot I suppose it was because the stone was so small. At this point I decided to do a HHT, so I plucked a chest hair and it passed. At this point I was very surprised and pleased with myself, so I went to the Wife's hair brush and got one of her hairs. I couldn't pass a HHT with her hair. So I finished the razor on straight water. I did 100 x strokes. Took the wife's hair and it would break the hair but not really cut it. So I did another 100 laps on water. Did another HHT with the wife's hair and it passed. I took the razor to my leather strop and did 60 laps. I don't know how to rate the HHT with number but after the leather strop the razor was dropping the wifes hair right when it touched it. I can't wait to shave test this bad boy tomorrow. I am so excited I hope it shaves as well as I think it will. I hope this wasn't just beginners luck and I can duplicate it next time. So once again thanks everyone for all the advice, and I am sure I will have many more questions as I go down this honing journey. My next stop will be a 175 x 50 coti from Jarrod, when the finances will allow.
Thanks for the advice.
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Holy run on sentence Batman.
This is the important part, correlate the two. The HHT is fantastic but worthless unless it is correlated with the shave.
As far as rating
http://www.coticule.be/hanging-hair-test.html
Congrats on you first honing.
way to go!!!!
nothing like shaving with a edge you created....
nothing like shaving with a edge you created....
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Lol! I tend to ramble when I talk or write. Sorry.
As for the test I would say I am hitting HHT 4. Thanks for the link.
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Should shave nicely.
After the shave, try adding a few drops of oil on the stone and giving it another 40-50 laps.
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Well the shave went great! Absolutely no pulling or tugging. The blade felt very sharp and smooth. I got zero irritation. I couldn't ask for more my first go round.
I might try the oil trick on the next razor. As for this one, I am scared of messing up a edge that I am already very happy with.
If it shaves nicely I too would leave it alone. Congrats on a great shave off your own edge.Well the shave went great! Absolutely no pulling or tugging. The blade felt very sharp and smooth. I got zero irritation. I couldn't ask for more my first go round.
I might try the oil trick on the next razor. As for this one, I am scared of messing up a edge that I am already very happy with.
Oil IMO adds a little more keenness but maintains the smoothness.
Great job
what they said ^^^^^ !!!
congrats!
congrats!
Congrats! Yeah, to your first point, enough good can;t be said about The Superior Shave in my mind. Apart from the fact that the shipping is fast and service is great, I love shopping with seeing the pics of what I'm buying. For the same reason, I love thejapanblade.com
