Ozuku with a diamond slurry → mikawa slurry.
What did you hone today?
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I have a full set I use sometimes.
I hone in hand most of the time, so I don't mind the smaller size.
I have been considering thinning down my stone collection. These will be staying
What progression do you use, all of them?
I was thinking adding 6.7, 2, 1.2 , is that too large of jumps?
My thinking is if I am not bevel setting on a natural is jump to Jnat or Cori from 2 or 6.7.If I am using my slats or Novaculite come off of 1.2. When I am home or chose to use synthetics , that’s close to what I am doing now with my Naniwas.
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I do just fine with 6.7, 1.2, 0.85. However, i usually slide in a 6k HR glass stone between the 6.7 and the 1.2 because i have it.
I think the 6.7, 2, 1.2 will work just fine.
The 0.85 is in my opinion a good stone. I don't have the same issues as people report with the 16k. They are not the same in my opinion. I only get inconsistent results if i use the 0.44. My stone has some larger particles. This might be a default in my particular stone. However, i don't need anything finer then the 0.85 micron stone. I don't have any razors that can handle anything finer.
I just shaved and I missed some place, maybe my limited progression at my current availability got me. It was not getting my neck down enough and starting to irritate. I swapped to the GD66 off my Mizu Asagi and finished out. My neck is a challenge, it grows east to west, my face hair is curly so it turns into the skin. I need very keen edge, yet mild enough on the skin to let me be aggressive enough to get close on XTG only. I seem to fall short every time I try to shave off of a Synthetics or paste. Back to the drawing board.
2 razors today finished on the surgical black. Heljestrand that progressed coticule, escher, ark. Thiers issard that progressed with a spotted coticule straight to the ark. Love using this monster stone.
Back to the drawing board. Will see how it goes in the morning. Hump backed coti to black Ark.
Found this little Wester Brothers in the back of a drawer. Forgot I had it.
Honed it up to a Naniwa Snow White. Started with an Atoma 1200 for bevel set then to a Chosera 3K > Chosera 5K then on the the 8K.
Waiting on a new stone to try, should be here today. So that’s as far as I’ll get for now.
Haven’t use the Snow White a while, despite the cracking issue it’s still a nice hone.
I did lap the heck out of it to see if it reduced the cracking but I’m afraid not.
Honed it up to a Naniwa Snow White. Started with an Atoma 1200 for bevel set then to a Chosera 3K > Chosera 5K then on the the 8K.
Waiting on a new stone to try, should be here today. So that’s as far as I’ll get for now.
Haven’t use the Snow White a while, despite the cracking issue it’s still a nice hone.
I did lap the heck out of it to see if it reduced the cracking but I’m afraid not.
Fixed geometry issues on a Gold Dollar. Awful grind. Bad heel, bad hollow, scooped out bevel just forward of the heel, fading toe. 80x striations everywhere. Just stupid all the way around.
Was first used to test a stone that I figured was going to tear the edge up but I wanted everything to be in the right place first. Ran the edge up to 2k from bevel. Test was as expected and then some.
So I got to fix that too... a double bevel set on one GD. Hah. Back to 2k-ish now. Will final finish tomorrow.
Was first used to test a stone that I figured was going to tear the edge up but I wanted everything to be in the right place first. Ran the edge up to 2k from bevel. Test was as expected and then some.
So I got to fix that too... a double bevel set on one GD. Hah. Back to 2k-ish now. Will final finish tomorrow.
Finished the Wester razor on a Suehiro 10k. HHT was good off the stone
Shave test tomorrow
Shave test tomorrow
I did a refresh on this Iwasaki on the Karasu Jnat on a diamond slurry. About 30 strokes on one side and 10 on the other side the asymmetrical blade. The stone left a simi haze finish on the tamahagane steel blade. I'll give it a good stropping and use it this week.
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That's a good looking stone.
Thanks, it's really a great razor hone.
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Repaired Torrey and Shumate’s Barber on a cool old Idwal.
I can finally participate in Torrey Tuesday.
I can finally participate in Torrey Tuesday.
Gold Dollar 1200 dmt, 8000 dmt, finshed with tomo slurry on jnat.
This needs a test shave to see if the steel is affected by deeper striations that are not visible.
The end result is quite similar to what i had with a more traditional setup earlier.
Broken in 1200 edge
8000 extra extra fine dmt edge
Jnat finish
This needs a test shave to see if the steel is affected by deeper striations that are not visible.
The end result is quite similar to what i had with a more traditional setup earlier.
Broken in 1200 edge
8000 extra extra fine dmt edge
Jnat finish
M Jung
Atoma 1200>Chosera 3k>Chosera 5K to the Suehiro 10k using slurry and finished on water. Then on to an old coticule with oil.
HHT was really nice off the stones. The 10k is a beast of a stone. At least for the two razors I’ve tried so far.
Atoma 1200>Chosera 3k>Chosera 5K to the Suehiro 10k using slurry and finished on water. Then on to an old coticule with oil.
HHT was really nice off the stones. The 10k is a beast of a stone. At least for the two razors I’ve tried so far.
Bumped up the coti finish with a lot of time on the Lynn Idwal. We will see how she does tonight.
Back to the sacrificial GD. Doing progressive grit/refinement comparison testing, so back to bevel and progress back up and go one level higher.
Am I crazy for thinking the 1200 edge looks cleaner than the 8000 xxf edge?
Steve56
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I usually finish on naturals, but like @JPO I have the full set or almost the full set. If the 0.44u is a little too much, try the 0.85u, this is the stone that Shapton recommends for razor finishing in this series. The 0.85u 7 series is what travels with me.
BTW, don’t forget the beautiful art deco 7 Series stone holder.
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