Well I picked up another Escher stone. I swore off anything other than Coti's after I sold my last one, but I was able to trade off a razor for this Escher. Now I am hoping some of the senior people could help me out. I took a razor that was passing HHT 4 from a vintage coticule. It shaves very nicely. I took this same razor to the Escher. Now I noticed that the Escher knocked the HHT out, as in it was no longer passing any HHT after using it. I did about 100 passes on the Escher. I do have to say that after stropping, the razor was again passing HHT 4.
I still need to shave with it to see how it goes. I am/was surprised I couldn't pass HHT coming off the stone alone. Does this mean I need to spend more time on the escher? My other question is, how can I tell what too much or too little finished on the Escher is. I did feel somewhat of a difference in how it was gliding from start to finish, but not a great deal. Overall the razor started off by "grabbing" onto the stone. Its hard to describe the way it felt, but it definitely had some nice feedback.
I still need to shave with it to see how it goes. I am/was surprised I couldn't pass HHT coming off the stone alone. Does this mean I need to spend more time on the escher? My other question is, how can I tell what too much or too little finished on the Escher is. I did feel somewhat of a difference in how it was gliding from start to finish, but not a great deal. Overall the razor started off by "grabbing" onto the stone. Its hard to describe the way it felt, but it definitely had some nice feedback.