Hones of the day

[silverlifter]

Ulrik's edge was good, but I wanted something a little crisper... WD40 on a Trans Ark

 

[silverlifter]

Another nice shave on the 14 2.0 this morning, but I felt I could do better. Set the bevel on a Shapton Glass 2K, and then went to a diamond slurry on this Iromono kiita, before finishing on a light lather. Treetopping was promising...

 

[silverlifter]

Me again! Picked up a vintage coticule and took the Fili for a spin. Extremely promising edge; looking forward to the shave on Monday!

 

[Holiday]

King 1/6K had been retired to knife sharpening but it has been the constant stone in rotation for the past couple of weeks as I try and reset some bevels
Mixing the finishers between JNAT with slurry or Ark/Coti

 

[silverlifter]

Went back to the vintage coticule, this time will a lot more laps on water, and a little more pressure. Treetopping after stropping on Tony Miller and Nakayama linen was impressive. Looking forward to this shave now!

 

[JaggardJ]

Just a touch up today. 12k superstone to indeterminate Chinese stone to thuringian.
I finally got a nice edge from the tiny stone .

 

[rbscebu]

Ulrik's edge was good, but I wanted something a little crisper... WD40 on a Trans Ark

And was it a little crisper?

 

[silverlifter]

And was it a little crisper?

Yep: definitely improved it.

That convinced me to go back to the bevel and start from the beginning. Shapton Glass 2k → Iromono kiita koppa w/ diamond slurry → lather → Ark/WD40. The edge is now exemplary.

 

[silverlifter]

Took the Pres to the Charnley, which I dressed to 1200 W&D: lovely surface to hone on and the HHT was impressive after stropping opn linen.

 

[silverlifter]

Loving the feedback on this stone. Really looking forward to the shave in the morning!

 

[silverlifter]

Me again! Took the Fili back to 5k, then 8k, before finishing on the Black Shadow. HHT was great. Shave test tomorrow!

 

[silverlifter]

New to me Yellow Lake. Wanted to see how it finishes so took the Ribbon to it for a touch up. Shave later today will determine if the promising HHT delivers...

 

[JaggardJ]

Koma, Tomo, them dilute to water on the Ozuko koppa

 

[silverlifter]

Touched up a Koraat on a Trans Ark with WD40. HHT was great; shave in a couple of hours...

 

[silverlifter]

I'll keep this going... Colling on Charnley with WD40. Shave mere minutes away!

 

[Mycroft47]

 

[silverlifter]

Touched up the Friodur on a Yellow Lake (with WD40). HHT was promising, but the jury will remain out until the shave in an hour or so...

 

[ThumbpickerCGP]

I had a little chip on one of my stones and I was all concerned about it - but looking through the photos in the thread I have nothing to worry about lol

 

[silverlifter]

First trip to the stones for this yasuki steel Houken. Shatop Glass 2k, then Iromono kiita koppa with a diamond slurry → mikawa slurry → water → running water. HHT was awesome. Shave in an hour or so,

 

[silverlifter]

Loving this combination of stone, steel and grind; it yields a fantastic edge - sharp and crisp! Charnley Forest and Koraat Half Hollow: