I just shaved with a..., well a crappy Gold Dollar 208 with the blade slightly warped, honed with a recently adquired La Grise, and I can say that when not the smooth shave of my life, the blade was sharp enought to do a comfortable shave.
This is my first job with a coti of any vein and my first try at dilucot, and I'm very very happy with the results. I just read the article about the dilucot method and with calm and good mood I followed all the steps. I've tried my best to feel the stone, not sure what to feel, but tried anyway
As recomended with La Grise in the Vault, in later steps of dilucot I added more work and finished with just very very careful X strokes in water only, about 200 strokes.
Surely not the best edge, but shaveable. Things will improve with practice, I'm sure.
I want to try now with the rest of my straights, a Dovo, a Wacker and a Henckels Friodur. Will see...
Thanks for the great info at this site!
This is my first job with a coti of any vein and my first try at dilucot, and I'm very very happy with the results. I just read the article about the dilucot method and with calm and good mood I followed all the steps. I've tried my best to feel the stone, not sure what to feel, but tried anyway
As recomended with La Grise in the Vault, in later steps of dilucot I added more work and finished with just very very careful X strokes in water only, about 200 strokes.
Surely not the best edge, but shaveable. Things will improve with practice, I'm sure.
I want to try now with the rest of my straights, a Dovo, a Wacker and a Henckels Friodur. Will see...
Thanks for the great info at this site!