Touched up a Bengall as my first try with a J-nat
This LeGrelot has been a pain to hone. Ended up trying it on the 1.5”x15” mystery stone to touch it up to refine the edge more. So far the best I’ve got on this razor. View attachment 1301639
What has the issue been? Super hard steel? Warp?
Just curious!
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Matt
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Touch up on my Ozuku Lv 5 with Tenjou, Mejiro, and Aiiwatani tomo. I did each progression for 5-8 minutes until tad stiction at the end of each progression. It seems keen.
The razor is a 5/8 Solingen steel. Cute thing.
Re-finished the Fritz Bracht on an Escher Barbers Gem, and used a Thuringia Yellow-Green rub stone. I did three slurries, and then finished under running water. I think I will test shave in a little bit, after I beat my son in gin!
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Matt
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Nice, both stones nice,, are stones separate producing similar edges??
Have you tried diamond plate slurry only each stone
Been using water only on my black molted escher but i did also try la lune rub stone on escher, but no juice only la lune slurry,,,,,but it worked but on my escher appears water only is trick
Thx [emoji3]
so the one on the right is the Escher Barbers Gem, and I use the yellow-green Thuringian on the left as the rub stone. The YG is large enough to finish on, and they both produce a similar edge.
The Barbers Gem just has a little more real estate, which makes it nice to hone upon.
I have used a Diamond Plate to slurry the Barbers Gem, and it works just fine. However, I prefer the YG rub stone. I feel like it produces a slurry that is slightly more fine, and it is more rock friendly to its brother.
I usually finish with just a whisp of slurry which seems to make the edge slightly more smooth or on straight water, which seems to make the edge slightly sharper…can’t go wrong with either!
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Matt
I’m not particularly OCD, but I’m not gonna lie: Those deep scratches on your Ozuku are making me tweak a little