What did you hone today?

[David]

Poor guy.

Got this not so great looking kiridashi from Amazon Man it arrived really sharp, it sliced through the tough hardened plastic handle grips of the snowblower like butter. Needed refreshing so I did some DN slurry on this suita and brought it back to life. Only downside of this suita is it's size. At 265mm length it was a pain to lap, couldn't use the mudroom sink, doesnt fit into stone holder etc.

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Love the Kawa on those counter tops.

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Shave test pending. Hope it passes, but I'm not confident in this edge.

Happy shaves to you,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Convex Coti & Double Convex Arkansas 8x3. My Red Tanifuji.

Also these:



The Bismarck was shave tested; very nice. I had honed it recently but decided without a shave test that the edge wasn't good enough. The third razor is my Kinfolks #1 (#1 because I have another, #2).

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Slash McCoy]

33 Gold Dollars, honed yesterday and this morning. A 92, a W62, and the rest 66, with 10 of them de-horned like the one on the lapping film. I still need to hit them with the balsa progression but they are shave ready as is.

 

[Dave Sl8r]

^^^
Would be improper to ask why you are honing 33 gold dollars?
A business thing?

 

[Stoneman]

I put this 6/8 Trenton Round point through its paces today. Reset bevel and honed a progression of 1k,4K,8k and 12k. Finished up with a Balsa progression of .50, .25 and .1 microns and finally a good clean linen strop and then leather. Should be good to go.

 

[Slash McCoy]

^^^
Would be improper to ask why you are honing 33 gold dollars?
A business thing?

Maybe...

 

[Slash McCoy]

I put this 6/8 Trenton Round point through its paces today. Reset bevel and honed a progression of 1k,4K,8k and 12k. Finished up with a Balsa progression of .50, .25 and .1 microns and finally a good clean linen strop and then leather. Should be good to go.
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Yeah should be fine. You certainly put the goods on her. Happy shaves!

 

[Stoneman]

Yeah should be fine. You certainly put the goods on her. Happy shaves!

Thank you sir. I follow the Method per your threads to a T.

 

[RumpleBearskin]

Got a chance to work on my new (to me) Torrey Gibraltar and a Frederick Reynolds FBU.

The FR I honed previously and it was an utter failure in the shave test. Thought it was just a touch up on the toe, but after a billion laps I figured I should just start fresh.

Set the bevel on both razors (Norton 1k), then ran a synthetic 4k, 8k, 12k progression. Finished both on .50, .25, and .10 diamond pasted balsa. Treetopping beautifully and we shall see what we shall see tomorrow and Sunday...

Up next, two Rolls blades and three GEM wedge blades. Hopefully on Monday... My goodness, I love honing.

 

[RumpleBearskin]

Well, after doing the straights on Friday, I got to the SE wedge blades today. 2x Rolls, 3x GEM.
Same progression but no balsa finish. That's 7 blades, bevel to finish, this weekend.

Pictured:
(Partially visible at the top are my soaking Nortons; 220/1k and 4k/8k.)
Left to right:
Thiers Issard block strop
Naniwa 12k with Rolls blade and stone holder
(Top to bottom) Rolls blade (assembled), Rolls blade guard, GEM wedge
20x lighted loupe

 

[kcb5150]

A nos shumate for someone I know on an ozuku and I also took a kitchen beater henckels knife across my turkish oilstone to bring the edge back to life.

 

[iamryan25]

This new Dovo Best Quality got some love from this Okudo koppa.

 

[David]

I also took a kitchen beater henckels knife across my turkish oilstone to bring the edge back to life.

Hate you. Lol

 

[David]

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This new Dovo Best Quality got some love from this Okudo koppa.

Nice. Is that from Alex?

 

[iamryan25]

Nice. Is that from Alex?

Yessir it is this one here: super fine okudo japanese natural stone for kamisori razors - http://www.thejapanstone.com/900b-okudo_koppa.html

 

[iamryan25]

Set a healthy bevel on a coticule with slurry before moving to this Okudo Koppa.

Shaved great.

 

[Acmemfg]

Dovo Palisander on an Arkansas Grey from Jonathon Coe. Curious stone. Kind of like a coticule...but not.
Little if any resemblance to a novaculite Arkansas stone.
I like it.....

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Various things with these razors on convex stones. Link to exactly what and why.

Happy shaves to you,

Jim

 

[Gamma]

Weck honing handle, Gabrielle blade, y/g Escher with dk blue slurry stone.