Hones of the day

[silverlifter]

After half a dozen shaves off this combo, time to refresh the edge. On a Translucent Ark with WD40; started on the side dressed to 600, and finished on the 1k side. HHT was exceptional.

 

[Ebonysw45]

New rock. Just touched up a couple of razors and definitely a finisher.

 

[silverlifter]

Filarmónica 14 on a Charnley Forest with WD40.

 

[rbscebu]

Titan ACRO T.H-70 finished on a hard black Arkansa dressed with a 12k diamond plate and lubricated with soluble oil (6%).

 

[silverlifter]

Eiko quarter hollow on Iromono kiita koppa. Diamond slurry → mikawa slurry → running water. HHT was silent.

 

[silverlifter]

First trip to the stones for this razor. Set the bevel on Shapton Glass 2k, then a tomo slurry on this awasedo tamagoiro, followed by a mikawa slurry to water with a little lather. HHT was silent. First frameback shave in 30 mins!

 

[silverlifter]

Touchup on the Charnley. HHT was silent, so the shave tomorrow morning should be a delight!

 

[silverlifter]

Back to the Shapton Glass 2k to set the bevel, then to this iromono kiita with a diamond slurry to water. Looking forward to tomorrow's shave!

 

[Mycroft47]

Nice rock and nice razor!

 

[silverlifter]

Nice rock and nice razor!

Thanks! Incredibly, both were picked up here, which sort of blows me away when I think about how many people would have this sort of kit in a population of 5m...

 

[silverlifter]

Cleaned up this Hellberg, and then took it through a full progression. Shapton Glass 2k → Kuromaku 5k → Gouken 8k → Black Shadow with lather. HHT was great, looking forward to taking the old girl for a waltz in the morning!

 

[silverlifter]

This was NoS, but the edge was degraded, so set the bevel on Shapton Glass 2k, then to the Iromono kiita: diamond slurry, then mikawa slurry then water. Looking forward to the shave on Tuesday.

 

[silverlifter]

Me again...

Houken Yasuki steel on the yellow kiita; diamond → mikawa → light lather. Shave was sensational!

 

[silverlifter]

Friodur 17. Tried a JNat combo for the first time, now that I have a decent idea of what each stone is capable of. Started with a tomo slurry on the Awasedo tamagoiro and went down to almost water. Then made a mikawa slurry on the Iromono kiita and worked all the way down to water before finishing with some light laps on a little lather. HHT was sensational along the edge. Shave tomorrow morning will be fun.

 

[silverlifter]

Suzumasa frameback on Ozuku asagi with a mikawa slurry

 

[rbscebu]

A Titan ACRM-2 T.H.60 on a hard black Arkansas in western red cedar case with 6% soluble oil as lubricant. A lovely edge, not quite as keen as one off diamond pasted balsa but a little more forgiving.

 

[silverlifter]

Iromono/diamond slurry → Ozuku/mikawa slurry.

 

[silverlifter]

Moved from 3M to Kapton, so reset the bevel on a Shapton Glass 2k → Iromono kiita with a diamond slurry → Ozuku asagi and Jōkyū Jou Botan → mikawa nagura. 30 laps each on Kanoyama and Tony Miller linen. HHT like snowfall...

 

[silverlifter]

Been consistently using a purely JNat progression if late, so thought I'd drag out the synths.

Bevel set with a Shapton Glass 2k, using Kapton tape.

Then on to the Shapton Kuromako 5k for most of the work. Once the deep stria were gone, on to the Naniwa Gouken 8k, for 20-odd laps, with no swarf.

Then to finish, a botan slurry on the Ozuku asagi, before some light laps on a watery mikawa slurry.

HHT was terrific, shave tomorrow should be fun!

 

[silverlifter]

This week, rather than finish on a JNat, I've gone with a Black Shadow: light slurry → lather. Interested to see how this compares to last weeks JMP shave, which was stellar.