What did you hone today?

[mjclark]

Refinished this lovely Bengall on my newly delivered vintage Purple Llynn Melynllyn

This stone looks very similar to the modern ebay Welsh Purple Slates and is presumably from the same source but 120+ years old.

100 laps with oil gave a really nice edge, very keen but soft and effervescent.
It feels like shaving with newly fallen snow.

 

[Steve56]

Checking out a large piece of hard, fine blue-grey asagi from Alex. Very nice edge and shave this morning, not short on sharp yet still smooth. I've been playing around with tomos and enjoying HHT 4-5 results.

Cheers, Steve

 

[Devonmoonshire]

Really working hard on getting this Ark squared away and fully "Lunatic Edge" Razor Ready so I have been running blade after blade over it now that I have it fully lapped and flat. These four are showing great promise as great shavers thus far so I shall use one tonight and see how it turns out

 

[David]

5/8 ERN. Bevel set on chosera 1k. 50 ish x strokes on a Nuba 5 and water only laps on a pike coticule.

 

[Bayamontate]

TI, Iwasaki kamisori, Henkotsu kamisori, two DDs, Red Imp 132 and a Filli 14. It's Miller Time, Triple Karmeliet actually.

 

[totorlekiller]

Just one, a Japanese Eiko, finished on Imperia la Roccia.

 

[kcb5150]

Challenge Cutlery, shapton 500 to kill some pits, 1k, 6k, hard coti slurry to water, streaked vermont black slate medium slurry to very light slurry, followed by passes on a mix of glycerin and water.

 

[David]

Same ERN as yesterday. Back to the Chosera 1k, Nuba 5, Dilutions on a Tsushima Black, Wakasa Kiita with Tomo slurry.

 

[rockviper]

Twas yesterday, but that should still count, yes? My bluesman 7 custom refreshed on a Norton 4/8k and then finished on a Dan's Ultra hard black Arkie.

The brush and soap were for today's shave.

 

[Devonmoonshire]

Same Gebr & Krusius 5/8 Gouverneur 65 as yesterday with a few adjustments to hopefully get a smoother shave with less irritation then yesterday. I finished on the 12K Yesterday and got a bit of irritation even after stropping so hopefully adding the Arks will curb that to a nice smooth comfortable shave. If not, perhaps when my 1k/6k King gets here tomorrow I will throw that into the mix and maybe come out with better results.

Freshly Lapped 1200 Naniwa x 45 Bottom Right
12K Guangxi Stone x 100 Middle Right
Hard Ark with Smith's Honing Oil x 200 Left
Hard Black Ark with Smith's Honing Oil x 350...ish Top Right

 

[totorlekiller]

A mint-condition MK-31
Bevel set on DMT 600 and 1500.
Honed on Norton 4/8K, Shapton 12K, Naniwa 10K, Shapton 16k, finished on Ice-hone.

 

[Steve56]

Nice looking Mk 31 indeed.

Playing around with matching tomos to a new stone with one of the "test herd". So far the small one on the right wins.

Cheers, Steve

 

[David]

5/8 Solingen. Bevel set on Chosera 1k. Nuba 5, Snow White and water only laps on a Coticule. The bevel looks killer. Can't wait to shave with this one

 

[Bayamontate]

The Nuba 5K is very underrated IMO, nice progression.

 

[David]

The Nuba 5K is very underrated IMO, nice progression.

I haven't had it long but so far I really like it. Going from 1k Chosera to 5k Nuba is quick and easy. It leaves a very nice uniform scratch pattern and I like the feedback. I agree, it's a sleeper stone.

 

[C FrankC]

David & Nelson:
Is this Nuba 5K the Bamboo or the Ume series?

I have been wanting yo try these stones for some time now.

 

[David]

It's in the bamboo series Frank.

 

[C FrankC]

Thanks David, the moniker on the end looked like the one on the Bamboo. I think I will give it a try.

 

[David]

Finished an ERN on a natural stone from Saudi Arabia

 

[noahpictures]

Torrey on my Wakasa Jnat.