You are in for some fine shaves!!View attachment 1006518
Everything's arrived mates, balsa is 12 x 4 x 2. Will make 4 pieces tomorrow 6 x 3 x 1.
Regards.
Where are you getting the .1 micron?I've been using diamond pasted balsa for the last year or so. 0.5, 0.25, and 0.1 micron progression after honing to 12k, and 0.1 micron after every shave for maintenance. Love the super sharp edges I get.
And yes, if you think you have applied enough paste, you've probably applied too much.
Everything's arrived mates, balsa is 12 x 4 x 2. Will make 4 pieces tomorrow 6 x 3 x 1.
Regards.
Where are you getting the .1 micron?
Mmmm its the same satisfaction as slowly melting dark chocolate in your mouth. Films get some fantastic results, especially with Picopaper(R) but there’s just no soul in disposable honing media. The subtle imperfections of stones bring a whole new zen to honing. I think even if I were doing pasted strop edges I’d still have to start them off a Coti/Ark/JNAT just to keep my sanity.
I’m not a honer believe it or not, I’m a daily shaver for work. 90% of my honing is in the garage on woodworking tools, my straights go about 20-40 shaves between honing.
@kohalajohn you might want to give Alex Gilmore a shout. He usually has a few hard grey stones that work like you’re describing, at competitive prices. If you’re stateside or don’t mind paying the freight, I can loan one to you to try out.
Super sharp edges, set up MK 31's on 20k synth and moved to balsa .25 and .1You are in for some fine shaves!!
Plan was to split the two inch side to have two 12 x 1 pieces and further split them in four 6 x 4 x 1 and shorten the 4 inch to three. But I just split them in two 6 x 4 x 2 as below.How do those numbers work out?