I say why not. I did a repair on an old '40's Boker Barlow once that I carry weekly.

Love putting a little Spanish point on a shortened blade...

Lots of fun trial and error work with something like that.

Time to make a "Shorty Razor" out of it.

5/8 + Cape Japanese Straight
I honed her up to 16 K on Sharpton Glass and Finished her on a J-Nat .

Had some luck with this progression for one Swedish blade, why not another .
Took the Heljestrand MK31 through a Suehiro 1k, then 6k, and finished on the Charnley Forest.

And while the 6k was out, refined the edge of this French razor that wasn’t quite “there.”

Happy honing.
Tom

Just Honed My Factory Fresh NOS Henckels Twin Works Solingen Stainless Steel 13/16th Tonight..Naniwa Super Stone Progression & Finished on a 20 K Surgical Black Arkansas Natural..I Finish All My Stainless Blades on My 20 K Arkie..

Easy To Hone..The Factory Grinding is Excellent...

Billy..

Throwing another Swedish razor in the hones...
Johan Engstrom frameback
Suehiro 1k to the 6k to the Charnley Forest.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

Nice razors all. I am a bit envious of all the new razors to hone. Now days I only need to maintain with diamond/balsa and stropping.

I have a major backlog of razors that need attention. It just seems I dont have enough free time, when the women are out of the house. I need an air conditioned shed. 12 x 12 would be nice.

The Adventures of Harry Headroom Home Honer continues....

Having had a pleasing result on the wonky ZY with my new coticule, I figured it was time to visit the Gold Dollar.

First I must admit to cheating. I am finishing to a polish with a pasted balsa progression to 1/10 micron. That said, I am also using the less popular convex stones.

I bought these Chinese clunkers for my own education. The GD really looked rough but was not too bad getting a shave edge using tape and a Naniwa progression. I believe the steel to be very easy to chip on this piece leaving it a little on the rough side.

I started with a muted edge and worked the coticule multiple ways with no resemblance of what I got before. Tried the ark, nah, just like before. Then just for kicks I took the coti bout and slurred on the black side of the ark. It had a nice smooth feedback like the coti.

I have been using 'the thumbpad test' since it was a good indicator for me in the past. This combo gave a nice edge feel.

At about 1 micron diamond the polish on the bevel was nice, but I could see a few remaining chips that will have to wait for another day.

It shaved better than ever.

Great experience.

Hey, Gold Dollars, with a good edge on them, make fine razors. Same for ZY Razors.

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Seemed a little brittle, but eventually worked it out.

I have a kitchen knife like that. Gotta open up the angle or a chunk flies right off.

Stands to reason this one took an edge easier with tape.

These are awesome razors,,, Nice !!!!



Honing a whole lotta different stuff today here in the Far North of Idaho
That Kamisori is going to be WAY too much fun, I love doing them BEFORE anyone else has touched the edge

Used a Sharpie to check the grind integrity

Pretty happy with the tight even grind I found

Chosera 1-5-10 Nakayama finisher






After a few laps on the 1k to "Read the Edge"




Done and Done, Nakayama with a Kita Nagura slurry

Puma, SRD, and Dorko. The Puma and SRD honed up nicely but the steel used in the Dorko was frustratingly hard and took a lot more work to get a good finish - similar or even harder than Eskiltuna steel.

There is a well known saying around here: "Pics, or it doesn't exist".

This is the Dorko in horn scales.

Here is the S R Droescher. Honed much easier than the Dorko which seems to be made from absurdly hard steel. The Puma just looks like a Puma.

The scales on the SED appear to be ivory due to the absence of the tiny black spots where veins go through bone.

Just out of the shop and onto the hones.
Heljie MK #32 in Custom Camel Bone scales @.105"
Amber wedge @ .055"
Solid Brass Hardware

It isn't about the cost of the finisher I have received the best feedback when finishing these hard as hell Swedes on this single selected PHIG $20 well spent

Chosera 1-5-10 to start

Hone On !!!






@Primotenore Shave On