Kinfolk bevel reset and translucsent Arkansas

One of Morgan's blades he's never sharpened, a 5/8" Kinfolk.Decided to play around a bit here too:

Chosera 800 with 600 grit slurry  LOTS of circles, half strokes, push strokes, X strokes, etc. This took far longer to even nudge arm hair than I expected.
Used the thumb nail test instead and then it grabbed all along the edge I went on

Cretan hone on DMT slurry( another experiment)
circles 5 laps, then 30 push strokes then 20 X strokes
got much sharper much faster!

Translucent Arkansas hone with slight dmt slurry
this got sharp FAST! wow,I've never really used this before in a progression and have read that it's a low grit stone but it sharpened the blade fast! lots of X strokes

BBW on slurry: 3 sets of circles. edge went BACKWARDS!?!  The arkansas is a finer edge for sure. back to the arkie for 20 laps of  x strokes on water. back to KEEN as well.

Vintage La Petite Blanche coticule with les lat slurry X strokes  for 20 laps, rinse blade 10 or so more laps then on water 20 laps
very keen

feel like I shouldn't go on but want to use a finishing stone so
Uchigumori on water
20 X strokes doesnt test well, this could be a first for this stone

oozuku 20 X strokes on water. edge back up

30 linen
40 buffalo
20 palm

see tomorrow.

SHAVE REPORT:


ALMOST THERE. GOOD BUT NOT GREAT.STARTED REALLY WELL BUT COULDN'T DEAL TOO WELLWITH THE CHIN STUBBLE. THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SHARPER SO BACK TO THE 8 K THEN THE SS 12 K SYNTHETIC AND THEN ONTO THE ESCHER. 


VERY HAPPY THOUGH CONSIDERING THIS THING HAS NEVER BEEN SHARPENED! I THINK JUMPING TO THE TRANSLUCENT ARKIE TOO SOON THROUGH OFF THE PROGRESSION


PS
TOUCHED UP THE '55 RUSSIAN ( BRIDGE MODEL) WITH OOZUKU WITH TOMO SLURRY FOR 20 REPS THEN 30 REPS ON WATER AND MAN IT WAS PERFECT THS MORNING! SHARP AND SMOOTH.