Another fine looking Filarmonica, Steve. What's the head count on those, in your collection? Just curious. ..
Just foolin’ around with a blue-green asagi that I got a while back which never seemed really the best. I did M-10 with worn 1200 Atoma slurry and M-11 was done with a tomo nagura. The HHT from both was better than I remembered, so on to the shave tomorrow.
F.W.Engels Extra Hollow Solingen Germany This was a restoration project, I had finished a while back, and just got around to honing. These F.W.Engels are a joy to hone. Straight as an arrow, ultra thin blade, about as thin as they come, and they take on a wicked edge. This one was honed on Welsh Slate Stones, with Nagura slurry stones. The Naguras speed the Welsh stones up, considerably. The razor had the final finish on this fine Eschers Thuringian, that @Billyfergie helped me acquire, and advised on how to use it. I held it under a slight trickle of water, in my palm, and did the lightest 30-40 strokes. It brought out a mirror polished bevel. After taking it to the strops, it is as sharp as it can get, and will pass the HHT anywhere on the blade, root in, or out, as soon as the hair makes contact.
Charlior E.M.D.E. Made in Germany for the French 1/2 Hollow This one was a restoration project, a while back. The edge initially had a lot of work done to it, to bring it back, straight. So, the honing was started with a squared off edge, no hint of a bevel. the blade itself if straight, and very well built. I brought out a Pre-Bevel, with the Norton 320/1000 combo stone. It took a while. This razor has some very very hard steel, like Swedish Silver Steel. It even looks and feels like Swedish Steel when on a hone. After the bevel was set, The Welsh Slate Stones, and Naguras brought on a nice edge. The final finisher was this Eschers Thuringian, acquired with the help of @Billyfergie . It took on a fantastic edge in the end, that silently destroys any hair it touches. It is a Half Hollow blade, and heavy. It should be great for using after I go several days without a shave. Some of the scrolled spine work, that can eat up a Russian Strop, if not careful. Looks great, but beware.
Lakeside Cutlery Co. "Army and Navy" Montgomery Wards sold these Another ignored restoration job. This was a easy one to hone, but a little harder than the FWE. It took on a beautiful edge. The blade is straight as an arrow, without flaws. The Welsh Slate Stones and Naguras, were the finishers, and the final finisher was the Eschers Thuringian, acquired with the help of @Billyfergie . A wonderfully sharp edge is the result, from toe to heel.
This one is for Scott, @DaltonGang - a Thuri/jnat comparison. The razors are the ones I used in the above comparison, so they were already shave-ready edges, just from a different stone. The jnat is one of my favorites, unknown mine but makes an incredibly smooth edge. Razor M-10 got 2 sets of 20 circles and ellipses on light slurry, followed by 25 linear strokes and 10 clear water strokes. Razor M-11 got the same minus the clear water jnat strokes, and was finished with 30 clear water strokes on a 10 x 2 Thuri, an Escher according to knowledgeable Thuri people because Escher was the only company that cut them this size - they were for the US market. The bevel was shinier than the jnat bevel. Both tested great with HHT root in or root out, though I believe the jnat is a little keener/sharper, but not by much. This jnat doesn’t always HHT test as well as some others, but there’s no denying the smooth edge that it makes so it seemed like a good one to throw at the thuri. Shave tomorrow, should be fun.
Testing a stone from Takeshi, not really a kiita as advertised (more green than yellow), but a very pleasant light green and a full sized stone at a reasonable price. It’s a very easy to use hardness, not so hard. The test Filly was finished on medium slurry, a little thicker than I usually use, to kind of feel out how fine it is. The shave was very smooth, and just slightly ‘hot’ on some parts of my face, but the important thing is that the smoothness was there. Next up, a little thinner slurry and/or clear water finish.
Latest quadruple to be honed and stropped: EDV Neiström, Eskilstuna Sweden Jernbolaget, Eskilstuna Sweden Stille, Stockholm Sweden Shizu Saburo, Japan I have also modified the Shizu by rounding the end tip slightly to prevent cuts... been there, done that Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
