Todays honing and tomorrow's line up:
Revisor thumb notch. This was fair keenness and a good candidate for a touch up. Used the WT with Escher slurry and it worked again! Great sharpness and seeming smoothness. Did X strokes of 30, then rinse blade 10 more x strokes, then rinse blade and stone then 40 laps on water
30 on linen
20 on bridle
40 on buffalo
20 on palm
Next up:
My dovo ebenholz 5/8 on my vintage coti with camillia oil on top. Never used oil for sharpening and I've read that coticules were meant to be used with water, lather or oil. Didnt have mineral oil or honing oil so I used the camillia oil that I used to keep the blades from rusting while they rest.No strop on purpose as I want to see what his edge by itself is.
Test are good, we'll see tomorrow. Great fun! Love to hone:))
Also up, day two on the Super Gnome, we'll see if the edge holds. stropped it on linen and buffalo.
SHAVE REPORT
DOVO EBENHOLZ; NOT BAD BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN A COTI ON WATER.DEFINITELY NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE OF USING OIL. WILL RE DO THIS TODAY WITH JUST COTI AND WATER AND SEE IF THAT ADVANCES THE EDGE.SAME COTICULE.
THUMB NOTCH REVISOR.: EXCELLENT! SHARP AND SMOOTH. DANG NEAR PERFECT. COULD BE A TOUCH SMOOTHER SO I WILL PUT THIS ON A COTI AS WELL TO SEE IF IT ADVANCES
SUPERGNOME; HOLDING UP PERFECTLY FROM JUST THE STROP. STARTING TO REALLY LIKE THIS BLADE.
DATSIT
TOUCH UP 2
PUT THE REVISOR ON THE UCHIGUMORI FOR 40 PLUS LAPS ON WATER WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN TODAYS' SHAVE,IF ANYTHING A LITTLE LESS KEEN.
GOING TO RE DO THE EDGE FROM THE START ON A JNAT AND SEE WHAT THAT BRINGS
EBENHOLZ PUT THIS ON THE LES LAT COTI AND BOUT AND WASN'T VERY GOOD AT ALL. TOO MUCH PULLING. DID A TOUCH UP ON THE SWATZ HONE WITH LATHER AND THAT HELPED A LITTLE BUT NOT MUCH, THIS TOO WILL GO ON A JNAT LATER.
THE PINS ARE LOOSE ON THIS BLADE AND IT'S HARDER TO HONE AND STROP. HAVE TO GET THAT FIXED.
Friday, July 06, 2012
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