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yeah the hairbrush harvest is never going to be good ...lol, best advice for hair is to see a barber, get a hold of a few locks of clean (just washed) hair, and learn how it relate to a shave, I use my wifes and it quite fine, so a hht of 3 before I strop is outstanding, where as thick hair will of course yield much easier results :thumbup:

And I test on my legs when I hone, and stonach when I have dulled on glass! hahaha
 
Update: Dulicot success!:lol: After a few trials and tribulations, I've managed to get a very nice dulicot edge on my "Electric City" razor. No pastes, no synthetic hones; just pure coticule goodness.

I seemed to be really in tune with what was going on. I seem to be able to hear now what the hone is trying to tell me. It was as if the razor knew where it wanted to go, and all I had to do was give it what it wanted: a quick refresh of the slurry, a few more strokes before diluting, a few half-strokes here and there. It was a very intuitive process; I could just tell when it was time to move on.

I haven't used it to shave my own face beyond a quick test on my cheek, but I did manage to convince my 17 yr old son to let me give him a straight shave (something we've done a few times now), and even he remarked on the different edge qualities. I wish I could say he got a BBS shave with no nicks, but he is a brave and hearty fellow; I'm sure he'll heal quickly.:p

I think this one is good enough now to send off to Ralphy or Gary to test out for me.

Your most humble servant,
-Chris

PS: Bart, If I could, may I trouble you to make a guess as to the layer this stone may have come from?
 
Your right gary it does, if its anything like mine its a SLOOOW stone, that by Sir Gary's account leaves a very smooth edge :thumbup:
Mine is a natural Combo though, and Chris's looks bonded in the pics?
 
wdwrx said:
I haven't used it to shave my own face beyond a quick test on my cheek, but I did manage to convince my 17 yr old son to let me give him a straight shave (something we've done a few times now), and even he remarked on the different edge qualities. I wish I could say he got a BBS shave with no nicks, but he is a brave and hearty fellow; I'm sure he'll heal quickly.:p
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Now That is a funny thing, a very funny thing!
Bwhahahaha hahaha haha ha
 
Congratulations on your success!!!
based on your description, I reckon the edge will be excellent. Dilucot is as much a state of mind as it is a sharpening procedure. I will take a while before you can pull it off every single time, but that's what makes it so rewarding.
Very well done, my friend.

wdwrx said:
PS: Bart, If I could, may I trouble you to make a guess as to the layer this stone may have come from?
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I'm sorry, but I can't ID vintage hones that may come from any former mining site, where the morphology of the layers might be very different, in some cases other layers are present, and I don't even know if layers with the same name would have similar properties.

Kind regards, and thank you for keeping us posted.

Bart.
 
Thanks Bart, c'est la vie. I had to ask, though I'd already figured if you knew you would have spoken up earlier.:)


tat2Ralfy said:
Your right gary it does, if its anything like mine its a SLOOOW stone, that by Sir Gary's account leaves a very smooth edge :thumbup:
Mine is a natural Combo though, and Chris's looks bonded in the pics?
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Yep, it's bonded. well, that's a story in itself.

I am starting to think it is very slow. Of course, have no other cotis to compare it to, and little real experience to judge. That seemed to be the key to last night's success: take it slow. There's no rushing this girl!

One more razor to try on, and i'll post 'em off to Gary and Ralfy.

Kind regards everyone, and thanks for walking another noob through it, your patience is outstanding!

-Chris
 
You are soooo lucky to have your son share with you in this ancient journey… I can’t wait till my son grows his whiskers… he is only 10.

Congrats man :thumbup: .
 
wdwrx said:
Update: Dulicot success!:lol: After a few trials and tribulations, I've managed to get a very nice dulicot edge on my "Electric City" razor. No pastes, no synthetic hones; just pure coticule goodness.
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Hey Chris, that was really quick, wasn't it? Good work, man...

cheers,
Matt
 
Thank you,
I don't know about being quick... I think the credit goes to Bart, and you all, and this site. Seriously, the amount of info available, and the good advice here, and the support, is incredible.

This quote from "The Sharpening Academy" helped me the most:

"If an edge still lacks a small touch of keenness during the water phase, you must make sure to remove that final bit of steel. If you don't see it, you're merely polishing, which does nothing for the keenness of the edge. Maybe some half-strokes on pure water, will do the trick (watch the fluid). Maybe X-strokes with a hint of pressure (watch the fluid). Maybe one rub with a slurry stone before you continue (watch the fluid). Get some steel off those bevel faces and refinish with your normal lighter-than-the-weight of the blade strokes. You could be surprised what you might still be able squeeze out of your edge that way. "

The way I applied that excerpt to my honing was: "quit f&^%ing around; don't be scared of a little pressure, and switch things up a bit" That and a whole lot of persistence, lots of patience and tons and tons of reading. (I've even gone so far as to lurk all of Bart's old posts at SRP) I'm grateful that Bart has paved the way the way he has. That and more than half a life-time of working with my hands. Without trying to sound arrogant, success was pretty much a given... eventually!

With that said... I'll have to wait and see what Ralfy and Gary have to say about my edges when they get 'em. I'm sure there is still room for improvement.

Smythe, you are entirely correct, I am a lucky fellow; my son is a pretty cool kid!

Cheers,
-Chris
 
i followed barts post from srp along time ago and with out the advice and his research i don't think i would be getting the edges i can get nower days:thumbup:

looking forward to trying your razor
 
Well Gary, I am really looking forward to some feed-back. It'll be good to get an idea as to where I really am with my edges, and how they compare to those done by someone with a ton more experience. You have a pretty darn good reputation for putting a good edge to a razor.
Do you have a blade style you prefer? I don't want to send my "babies", but I've got a few others to choose from.
 
wdwrx said:
Well Gary, I am really looking forward to some feed-back. It'll be good to get an idea as to where I really am with my edges, and how they compare to those done by someone with a ton more experience. You have a pretty darn good reputation for putting a good edge to a razor.
Do you have a blade style you prefer? I don't want to send my "babies", but I've got a few others to choose from.
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preferance, not realy. i like hollow or extra hollow , not fond of wedges for some reason. i like 5'8 or 6/8 even a 7/8. i like older blades and ti's and the dovos. my livi is awsome and my duble duck is a smooth shaver . so no preferance realy .

when i receive your razor i will check the edge with 30k loop see how it looks. valuate hht tell you what i think.

i will shave straight of your razor with out stropping so i'm sure you will of already stropped razor.

i'll let you no how it shaves. i like my razors to shave with out any efort if pos but also feel real smooth. somtimes i may have to rehone time and time agin just to get there. in those cases i will use paste in this case i won't as you need to see what coticule edge is like. i have just been sdoing a progression of dilucot then 15 to 20 laps on 12k naniwa then escher with slight slurry with great results. i do and have had amazing results of coticule with loads and loads of practice.
it seems the harder i try is not always the best results. when i just crack on with it with out thinking thats when i have had some magic edges.


its very adictive the dilucot method and its great when you get it right. it does take some level of skill and comensense. i can hone a razor on dilucot in easy 10 minutes with new method. unless i need to realy reset bevel it will take longer. if i have to rehone its only a matter of 10 minutes each time. it would take me longer using a full set of naniwas etc.
 
Same Goes for me Chris, thats just the way I will do it my friend, and send it back fully coticule only honed, stropped and ready to rock and roll, just rinse and wipe the oil off.

Shave On!

Best Regards
Ralfson (Dr)
 
Gary! ha! You'll never guess what I found! A beautiful "Joseph Haywood & Co. Shefield Hollow Ground".

Must be karma!
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Guess which one's coming your way.

Ralfy; sorry buddy, you'll have to make do with the "Electric City".
 
wdwrx said:
Gary! ha! You'll never guess what I found! A beautiful "Joseph Haywood & Co. Shefield Hollow Ground".

Must be karma!
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Guess which one's coming your way.

Ralfy; sorry buddy, you'll have to make do with the "Electric City".
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thats a real nice razor
 
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