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Hone of the day (HOTD)
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Tony
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The Friodurs need a very light touch, especially at the lower grits where some people are inclined to use a little pressure.
Tony
Well-Known Member
I didn’t use the slurry stone either. The shaves were comfortable without.
Hellas
Blade Whisperer
indeed, Tony. Otherwise you get quick sawtooth in the edge. Even in the Finnish. Up to now my best experience with the Friodur was with very light touch Finish on my „Saxonian Oilstone“ (Also called „Forelle“ = „Trout“ in German). But next time I will give one of my yellowgreen Thuringians a chance.
SammieM
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Maybe as mentioned here, I applied too much pressure, so the blade wasn’t properly honed... Will have to give it another try eventually...
Tony
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You don’t need an Escher, look at the Thüringen stones at Peters website Thuringianhones.de To find one for a decent price
I bought one there some years ago.
SammieM
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I browsed the site he has couple available. They are all blue. From what I have read, those are not as fine as the green/ yellow variety. What do you think? Do you have a blue thuringian? Thank you!
Hellas
Blade Whisperer
Take a look to the market site of our German sister Forum. https://forum-der-rasur.de/forum/forums/privater-verkauf-unter-mitgliedern.51/
Kumadori has placed some nice for sale and is a trustworth guy (I bought two razors of him and both were well honned). If help is needed re language (I do not know how good his English is) PM me.
Kamp
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So yesterday evening I honened my new Schulze 6/8, previous owner dit not ho nn e it so had factory edge.
Progression:
Naniwa chosera 1k
Naniwa super stone 3 K
Naniwa Gouken Hayabusa 4 K
Nakayama with Tenjio Mejiro Koma and tomo.
This morning the shave And it was very good, 2 pass and smooth!
SWK xl scuttle
Schulze 6/8
Shavemac LE Shaving Society1 DO1 2 band flat
WSP Mahogany soap
WSP Mahogany AS
WSP Mahogany ASB
WSP Mahogany edt
Progression:
Naniwa chosera 1k
Naniwa super stone 3 K
Naniwa Gouken Hayabusa 4 K
Nakayama with Tenjio Mejiro Koma and tomo.
This morning the shave And it was very good, 2 pass and smooth!
SWK xl scuttle
Schulze 6/8
Shavemac LE Shaving Society1 DO1 2 band flat
WSP Mahogany soap
WSP Mahogany AS
WSP Mahogany ASB
WSP Mahogany edt
Kamp
Well-Known Member
I got a new stone in the Naniwa gouken Fuji 8k, first thing i did I lapped it, then for a test.
I got 1 of my practise razors a Herder and did the following progression,
Naniwa chosera 1k
Naniwa super stone 3k
Naniwa Gouken Hayabusa 4k
Then to the new stone the 8k after that i stropped and shaved 1 part of my face was no effort, no tugging but wanted to see if i could beter it so,went to my coticule with water only, untill it started sticking, stropped again then finished the shave.
It was a very,
very nice shave, have to try this progression a few more times but for the first time i liked it.
I got 1 of my practise razors a Herder and did the following progression,
Naniwa chosera 1k
Naniwa super stone 3k
Naniwa Gouken Hayabusa 4k
Then to the new stone the 8k after that i stropped and shaved 1 part of my face was no effort, no tugging but wanted to see if i could beter it so,went to my coticule with water only, untill it started sticking, stropped again then finished the shave.
It was a very,
BlacknTan
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I intended to shave yesterday with today's MoDoSo 14. A beautiful 14 blank finished by Herr Wacker, with Dark Horn Scales.
I finished honed it yesterday on a Coticule that I had completely forgotten about. A beautiful stone, but, in reality, an unknown quantity. I started the shave, and stopped when it was obvious that things would not go well. Close examination of the edge revealed a few tiny microchips. It also had a bit more smile than the spine, so, I decided I'll correct both issues at the same time.
Dulled edge, and started with 3K Chosera (Professional) followed by 5K Chosera, then onto 8K Snow White. I thought and thought on what I'd like to finish on... Escher.. JNat.. One of my good coticules? No... I ultimately decided on the 20K Suehiro Gokumyo. I'll give the 20K another chance to please me, after some harsh shaves in the past.
The edge was killer sharp, and beautifully polished. The synthetic stones cannot be denied in that regard. The smile was returned to matching the curvature of the spine, and the microchips were a thing of the past.
So, all was right with the world, you may ask? Yes, but not totally so. The shave was extremely close, but a bit crisp, even with a featherlight touch. The alum block confirmed it, as it always does. Not too much sting to handle, but I could not shave every day as such.
Thus, the G20 is saved to fight another day, but I have yet to find an edge the pleases me more that a fine coticule edge. But that G20 has gained some respect in my eyes!
I finished honed it yesterday on a Coticule that I had completely forgotten about. A beautiful stone, but, in reality, an unknown quantity. I started the shave, and stopped when it was obvious that things would not go well. Close examination of the edge revealed a few tiny microchips. It also had a bit more smile than the spine, so, I decided I'll correct both issues at the same time.
Dulled edge, and started with 3K Chosera (Professional) followed by 5K Chosera, then onto 8K Snow White. I thought and thought on what I'd like to finish on... Escher.. JNat.. One of my good coticules? No... I ultimately decided on the 20K Suehiro Gokumyo. I'll give the 20K another chance to please me, after some harsh shaves in the past.
The edge was killer sharp, and beautifully polished. The synthetic stones cannot be denied in that regard. The smile was returned to matching the curvature of the spine, and the microchips were a thing of the past.
So, all was right with the world, you may ask? Yes, but not totally so. The shave was extremely close, but a bit crisp, even with a featherlight touch. The alum block confirmed it, as it always does. Not too much sting to handle, but I could not shave every day as such.
Thus, the G20 is saved to fight another day, but I have yet to find an edge the pleases me more that a fine coticule edge. But that G20 has gained some respect in my eyes!
Kamp
Well-Known Member
Yesterday evening i honend 1 of my favoriet saving razors a F. Herder 1.
Progression:
Naniwa chosera 1k
Naniwa Super Stone 3k
Naniwa Gouken Hayabusa 4k
Naniwa Gouken Fuji 8k
Okudo with Mejiro, Komo, and 2 tomo
This morning the shave, what a great razor, on the face 2 passes and smooth did 1 pass on my head and cleanend it up with a Fatip.
SOTD
SWK xl scuttle
F. Herder 1
Fatip
Shavemac 2 band flattop
MDC Agrumus
Pinaud Citrus Musk
Prep balm
Progression:
Naniwa chosera 1k
Naniwa Super Stone 3k
Naniwa Gouken Hayabusa 4k
Naniwa Gouken Fuji 8k
Okudo with Mejiro, Komo, and 2 tomo
This morning the shave, what a great razor, on the face 2 passes and smooth did 1 pass on my head and cleanend it up with a Fatip.
SOTD
SWK xl scuttle
F. Herder 1
Fatip
Shavemac 2 band flattop
MDC Agrumus
Pinaud Citrus Musk
Prep balm
Hellas
Blade Whisperer
Well, I got an new combination stone yesterday, that I had to try today. Therefore not a total honing up to finish but only the ground work today.
A Friodur and a Dorko on A #1000/#4000 own-branded from Japan-Messer-Shop.de. However, the label on the box looks quite like the labels ob Imanishi „Bester“. Anyway, I like this stone more than the „Bester‘s“ I have tried insofar. The #1000 works quite fast. I would say quite like the #1500 Shapton Professional. Faster than a 1000 Superstone / Gouken but not so fast than a Naniwa Professional. The #4000 polishes like a #6000 Cerax, although faster. The feeling was very like a natural stone. Works quite well with carbon steel (Dorko) but also with stainless (Friodur) without producing chips. For first time use, I like it.
A Friodur and a Dorko on A #1000/#4000 own-branded from Japan-Messer-Shop.de. However, the label on the box looks quite like the labels ob Imanishi „Bester“. Anyway, I like this stone more than the „Bester‘s“ I have tried insofar. The #1000 works quite fast. I would say quite like the #1500 Shapton Professional. Faster than a 1000 Superstone / Gouken but not so fast than a Naniwa Professional. The #4000 polishes like a #6000 Cerax, although faster. The feeling was very like a natural stone. Works quite well with carbon steel (Dorko) but also with stainless (Friodur) without producing chips. For first time use, I like it.