What did you hone today?
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Prepping tomorrow's razor on my La Petit Blanche coticule with a light touch-up.
Truth be told, I guess I'm still a coticule guy at heart.. I enjoy the mellow shaves they produce.
The razor is a Geneva Curlery Co. Ontario, a nod to the Native American roots in the State of New York. This razor shows near zero hone wear.. virtually all applied by myself over many years. A nice little blade... and it even popped Mrs. Loner's hairs before the leather.
Truth be told, I guess I'm still a coticule guy at heart.. I enjoy the mellow shaves they produce.
The razor is a Geneva Curlery Co. Ontario, a nod to the Native American roots in the State of New York. This razor shows near zero hone wear.. virtually all applied by myself over many years. A nice little blade... and it even popped Mrs. Loner's hairs before the leather.
Playing with two stones for the first time tonight. A jnat and a surprisingly hard coticules. Took way longer than I could of imagined to lap a small low spot on it. One thick slurry slowly onto just water with my tester razor, and now the stone surface is reflective in parts, really amazing how much variation in coticules there are.
This red imp razor still has not got sorted out properly, maybe 90% there. Used thick mejiro slurry to start and also just did slow dilution to water, hoping I got this razor done right now. This stone has a very nice buttery feel and might just be my prettiest jnat, sadly it was a bit smaller than I thought, but that only adds to the honing challenge/fun!
New Chinese chef knife, SG500, Cretan.
Watch the toe on that - most vicious toe I’ve ever seen was on a Spike. I have to think that is where the name came from.
I made a base for my Cretan hone, then used it to sharpen the chisel I used.
The Yasuki YSK 2. for tomorrow's shave.
Lightly touched up on my Nakayama Kiita, #271 from Alex. It's only fitting for a pretty Japanese razor to be finished on a pretty Japanese stone..
Lightly touched up on my Nakayama Kiita, #271 from Alex. It's only fitting for a pretty Japanese razor to be finished on a pretty Japanese stone..
Just a touch up on the Kama
Nothing. I started by removing material with a Forstner bit, and the holes are from the spikey part at the bottom.
Then you chisel around the outside, and the missed parts in the middle. You can chisel out the whole thing, but this saves some time. Or it would if I didn’t have such a wimpy drill press. You really need a big one to stop Forstner bits stalling.
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Ha... of course! You’ve just done it considerably neater than all the old ones so I didn’t recognise.
First run with the Black Shadow, after quite a lot of lapping to get it flat.
As I was honing a stainless blade, I did more laps at each stage, and finished with 10 laps of lightly lathered water. I'll see how it shaves in a couple of hours. As it is my first attempt, expectations are suitably low.
As I was honing a stainless blade, I did more laps at each stage, and finished with 10 laps of lightly lathered water. I'll see how it shaves in a couple of hours. As it is my first attempt, expectations are suitably low.
First run with the Black Shadow, after quite a lot of lapping to get it flat.
As I was honing a stainless blade, I did more laps at each stage, and finished with 10 laps of lightly lathered water. I'll see how it shaves in a couple of hours. As it is my first attempt, expectations are suitably low.
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I don't think 10 laps on that hard steel is going to do much. I'd start at 50 and see where it gets ya, might need more as the stone isn't a fast cutter.
No, I did 30 with a very light slurry, 30 with just water, and then finished with 10 water/lather.
The English double. Bengall #4. This is the first edge this razor has had for a while. It was a rust bucket when I got it. My cheapest razor to date. It took some work but it seems to be alright again.
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Before
Did this beat up FW Engles
Used oil on this “Old Rock” coticule. I don’t normally use oil on a coti but this did turn out nice. Really good HHT
Chosera 1K >Dalmore Blue>Moughton >Coticule
Used oil on this “Old Rock” coticule. I don’t normally use oil on a coti but this did turn out nice. Really good HHT
Chosera 1K >Dalmore Blue>Moughton >Coticule
Put a nice edge on my edc. Didn’t take a pic but I finished it with a Dalmore Blue. Loving the 500
Preparing the Tanifuji Baba Queen 100 Extra for tomorrow's shave.
The stone is Ookudo Green Asagi .. #1013 from Alex.
The stone is Ookudo Green Asagi .. #1013 from Alex.
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