Black Russian/ Osuku Asagi hone

I wanted to re do the great edge I got from the Nakayama progression and find out whether it was just luck or something that actually worked and was repeatable but I also wanted to see if my ozuku asagi worked as well. So I combined the two and did the same( well, basically) protocol with the asagi as the main hone but the soft and hard ichigumori as the slurry's.

dulled razor one stroke on glass

soft ichi slurry. 5 laps of circles, tested arm hair( this is where the nakayama shaved) crispy but not quite.
4 more laps of pushes. shaves arm hair well > NICE!!!!

clean everything. build slurry with hard ichigumori. sets of 5 push strokes(this is my favorite stroke; best hone contact and consistency of movement- my half strokes never work well)

shaving well. no dilution

have to get fancy. try 20 X strokes on hard les latenuese coticule on water

dulls. ack

back to hard ichi slurry very very light
15 X strokes, keen again.

start dilute and every 5 push strokes, one spray. getting sharper


finish on water on osuku . popping arm and leg hairs

30 laps on linen
60 on leather.

very quick too, about 30 minutes from dull to sharp. not bad. definitely different than the Nakayama but the same protocol worked again. Nice!

Second blade Flaschner soligen

La Dressante on water. 30 push strokes
Les latenuese on water   30 push strokes
Hybrid side of Les Lat on water 20 push strokes.

It started off pretty sharp but got very sharp and keen
30 laps linen
40 latps leather

will shave with it tomorrow.

Shave report


Blade one Black Russian: honed from dull on Jnat and two slurries:


AMAZING!! Perfect! Whoever says not to dilute on Jnats doesnt have my stones.This took a little more strokes than the Nakayama but not by much.


Blade two Flaschner  4/8 touched up on La Dressante


very very nice. using coti's with water for touchups makes the most sense.


Blade Three: Flaschner solingen yellow scales


touched this up with just osuku on water shaved like a dream.


Three blade shave this morning, lol. Nice!