Dr. Matt after use naniwa 12k i like to finish my razor on strop/balsa with luxor paste 0.5, 0.3 and at end 0.1 micron and blades on shave is delicate and sharp, do You try that paste?
Quick question..now that you have seen some evidence of damage from the circles (on a Coticule).Do you still use circles on Coticules?Or do you a avoid them now?
I am interested in getting an ILR. I have been wanting to try one for quite some time. So I would love to be put in for the give away. I make my own box for my stones, it is more of a personal touch that makes it my own. Love the bomb shells at the end. Cracked me up. :) Thanks for the videos and your time. Cheers.
I have and they are the same. Most people say there's a ratio of strokes on the stone of one side of the razor to the other... I just do it the same number like a regular Western grind razor.
Dr. Matt, I've noticed on a few Wade and Butchers that they seem to lag in sharpness until about the 5k or 8k range. Then, they "catch up" and feel about like one would expect from any other razor. I don't know if this is just my technique, maybe I'm rushing that old Sheffield steel, or maybe it's something other people have noticed.
I've noticed that on some other razors as well. I think all that matters is the finished product. I hear guys on the forums saying if you can't shave with your razor after 1K, then you have work to do as the bevel is not yet set. Idiots!!!
Never personally seen the need to burnish a stone, but I'm keeping an open mind. I wonder if what you are doing is detaching microscopic particles of steel which are then pushed into the ' micro valleys' in between the peaks of the microcrystals at the surface. If carried out to the nth degree this would in effect 'glaze' the stone. Presumably before this, there is a happy medium that allows tools or blades to more easily glide across the stone when sharpening, at. perhaps, the cost of slower metal removal. ??? If the objective is to wear down the tips of the microcrystals in order to make the stone smoother, I would have thought that lapping to a higher grit in the first place would achieve the same objective but quicker. ???
Question . . . could you address any ways in which straight razors like this one's performance and function is distinguished from injector straight razors like Feather for example? One observation I would make from your videos is that you appear to make an improvement to the edge of razor mid-shave which in not something that i think the average injector razor user would do or even be able to do: in this regard I think that this additional agency over edge quality is an advantage if the operator is as skillful as you appear to be in refining razor's edge. I'm a barber with over thirty years experience and I would say that you execute a fine shave on yourself. Reverse stroke you did at the lip is a testament of skill and the quality of that blade's edge. Nice work!
Great vid Doc as always. Still living rent free in those dorks heads. That chick in the foto lost one of her straps, cut her a piece of fire hose to help out. ( exclude me from give away, previous winner )
This has been one of the most helpful videos on this subject that I have seen so far. Thank you for the very practical and approachable wisdom you share on the art. I'm a licensed barber, formally trained in a barber college for two-thousand hours and have over 30 years of experience in the profession of hair-cutting. However, I, have never mastered the art of honing razors even though I practiced honing vigorously in barber college and a little thereafter. I'm now venturing again to master this art because I would really like to bring some of my estate sale straight razor finds into shaving condition. Ultimately, I would like to put into regular use, a cache of straight razor into my servicing routines at the barber shop, reducing my reliance on replaceable straight razors. I think that I have gotten a few blades into range of fair shaving function but far from what I perceive to be possible based on videos like yours. This all makes me wonder just how many barbers can actually do this. It seems a most onerous undertaking but I really want to be that barber in modern times who can indeed keep straight razors in optimal shaving condition. This had to be a significant part of a barber's work when he had to rely on traditional straight razors to shave. An think of the home-shavers and do-it-yourselfers who, before the safety razors, developed this skill-set to give themselves shaves on a regular basis. I have ruined a lot of stones and razors over the years trying to hone a razor. I also now realize that the preparation and training I got from barber college was rather inadequate for actually mastering the art of honing: there was, I now surmise, no real expectation of my instructors for success because the training did not even come close to bringing me into the realm of mastery. Without the type of wisdom and insight you are sharing, I would could forever expect to be frustrated demoralized by failure. What I now perceive to be the actual learning curve for success in honing with consistency makes my barber college honing training seem a bit gimmicky.
I was just thinking that I needed to see a new video from you and there you were. I have a couple of razors I will be sending your way for your special touch. I got a Yuri razor that I need you to put an edge on. Talk to you soon.
Great video as usual. Ive been a bladesmith (mostly chef knives) for 10 years or so and started making and honing straights in the past couple years and your videos have helped me greatly. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Ive seen those Type1 1950s striped fire hose linen strops in yours and Keith's videos. Where would be a a good place to look to procure one? Ill shoot Keith a message as well.
Nice to see a new video doc never get tired of a honing session. Maybe you should put a live cam in your shop 🤠 Interesting the ILR stone never hone on it. Also I'm looking to get an Ark but don't know which is best for finisher the surgical black or the translucent? Thanks
Dr.Matt, great videos. I currently have a Naniwa 5k & 8k super stone. Been trying to decide on a stone to finish on. Would the ILR be a good choice to use after those stones? What are your thoughts?
It would be a good stone. I don’t know where you’re at in your sharpening journey but if you’re fairly new, I’d suggest a synthetic finisher and get good with that progression to where you can consistently get good edges on multiple razors… then move to some natural finishers. The synthetic finisher to have is the Naniwa 12K Super Stone.
@@drmatt357 Yes, I'm a longtime shaver, but finally decided to try my hand at sharpening my own razor, largely due to watching many of your videos. I really appreciate how you keep your approach simple and make things much less intimidating. Thanks for the good advice, I'll look for the 12K next.
Hi Dr Matt, Would LOVE an IRL stone! Thank you for the recent recommendations over email! Thank you for consistently providing great information! And Thank you for the little slice of Americana you serve up in each of your videos with you being you! Looking forward to coming back home to the states for a bit to be around some ‘Mericans and things that go bang! Chris
Awesome video! I can’t wait to try working on my W&B’s. Hopefully they come out as well as that one did 💈🪒🤙 P.S. Those jugs at the end are amazing too!
Would love to win that ILR stone. But?....I already bought it this year based on your recommendation Dr. Matt 😂 Ultra Fine! 👌 I think I like the Nakayama Ozuku Mizu Asagi better. 👌
