What Straight Razor Have You Honed Lately????

I Finished My 1962 Russian Dvuhzakovnaya 1/2 Hollow 5/8th on My Arkie Surgical Black.16 K Lapping Film was My Pre Finisher..This Edge is Light Years Away from the 16 K Edge I Plonked Down..

This Commie SR Took to the Arkie Like Scotch & Ice..

Billy..

 

My 1956 and 1961 took the same trip earlier today. Totally different feel from the others I did earlier this week. I am looking forward to using them this week.

 

I can't wait to hear how your first shave with it goes.

 

@Jim99 , I do apologize. I did shave with it this past Monday. Here is my opinion. BTW, It is a fine razor.

 

Ah! Thanks. I missed that post as I was catching up on this thread after being away from it for about a week.

 

Check out the Arkie thread, it's very interesting too.

 

I Honed & Restored this Old Rolls Razor Today..This is the 2nd One this Week & I have a 3rd One Waiting on the Magic Treatment..

Billy..

 

Makes me want to break out one of mine and try to hone a blade.

 

Scott..They Hone the Same as an SR..Use One Layer of Tape with Wings at the Side to Flip it Over on the Hone..That Keeps the Bevel Compatible with the Rolls System..I Use 0.2 Red Rhodium Paste on the Leather Pad..Rolls Used this as Well..

You Wont Find a Better Ground Hollow Ground Blade than a Rolls Blade..They are Ground to Perfection So they Hone Up Like a Dream..

Billy..

 

I'll have to dig into one of my boxes of unused razor stuff, and pull one out.

 

Check Out this Old Rolls Thread of Mine for Some MASTER GENIOUS INTEL.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...JpgAV4eRnBkjW5kLpeKgCQ&bvm=bv.150729734,d.d24


Billy..

 

Good reading Billy. I will try to give it a go.

 

Last summer I picked up this George Butler and Co. SR...but just got around to getting it on the stones today.

 

"Philadelphia Works Celebrated American Razor" "Set Ready For Use, And Universally Approved". It's old, and it's heavy. I like it. Approx 1/4 Wedge.
Odd Name I think. Anyway, I did my usual Progression, after a little repair work. 1k King, 3k/8k??, 8k 12k 15k Welsh Slate Stones, SB Arkie 660/1000 grit lapped. This razor was smiling at me, a little, so some honing gymnastics were needed. In the end, this razor took a Baby fine HHT all the way down the edge. This is one wickedly sharp razor. Not much to look at, but it should be a shaving beast.
Before: Completely Split and broken scales.



After, and a little touchup. Very deep pitting on the blade.

 

Posting this to watch Adam @Drygulch drool hehehe

Just headed out from the honing bench George Korn "Booster" Little Valley Steel Baby
Chosera 1-5-10 into my Nakayama with a super fine Mejiro slurry for a finisher





Hone On !!!!

 

I got a little mad cause the Faultless razor I've been practicing on never past the HHT. And the shaves were like 6/10. So I tapped the spine on the old fella, killed the edge and established it from ground zero up. Finished on plain water on the Coti. Still didn't past HHT. Stropped. Still didn't. I got fed up and looked on the forum about dry honing for giggles. Read through one thread on it. Thought, what the hell? I'll give it a try. Very light strokes on a now dried coti about 10-15 strokes. Gave it a shot and the popping commenced! Stropped and even better popping! Now to see if I improved the edge on this stubborn piece of steel tomorrow morning.

 

My Keen Cutter 11/16th, Kropp Sheffield 6/8th & C.Myers & Sons Sheffield 6/8th Got the Buttery Smooth Escher Thuri Treatment this Week..Its a Belter of a Stone..

Billy..

 

Last night I did two touch ups and one full honing.

I touched up a Koraat and PRC Chimera on my Zulu Grey. I have new Revisor that was not shave ready and my first attempt at touching it up failed. Finally after two layers of tape the Revisor is good to go. The progression was Naniwa SS 1k, 5k, 8k, 12k then Shapton glass 16k. I finished all razors on CrOx.

The first shave for the Revisor was good with a smooth edge but just a 'hair' less sharp than I normal get from the Shapton. Still it was a good shave.

 

I honed a couple tonight. First one is a Berkshire Cutlery 5/8. A really nice clean little classic razor. The blade looks virtually untouched and the scales unscratched. For $10.50 to my door; I just couldn't pass it up. Honed up pretty nice from bevel set in the 1k all they way through an Arkie finish.


The Flic 6/8 really only needed a touch up fro the re-scale work, just to make sure everything was in order. Started with the Norton 4/8 and finished up with the Arkie (after 1micron lf). This is one blade that really takes a keen smooth edge.

 

I Just Pressed the Button on this Yellow Lake Hone..It was Cheap as Chips..12 Notes..This Seller Down here is Probably a Bit Optimistic about the Grit Rating Comparing it to a Thuri..There is Mixed Reviews on them..If its Crap it will Do the Bottom of the Garden..
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&r...cw1EVEghTe6N_32pnwLkB4Mg&ust=1491757799572131

Billy..