Hi Bill , your supercurve work is exemplary, I very much admire the logic 👏. Such a very interesting test , especially as C .V. Heljestrand is notoriously hard steel . Wish I had your knowledge on soaps and brushes....I'll just puddle on in my happy 'infamy' ...and thank you for the mention 🙏. I'm not a great 'forum' person , and probably never will be after your experiences....Yes ! We need far more wonderful exponents of the craft like you and JPO .
Thank you Martin. Based on a slightly rougher comparative feel, I took a better look under the scope and determined that a bit more stropping on leather was needed. If you find the aroma to your liking, there is nothing wrong with a Tabac stick and an inexpensive synthetic brush…or you can go out and spend $thousand$ on brushes and soaps that you can’t possibly ever live long enough to use. 😎 While I will always credit Jarrod with reviving the techniques of using crowned surface hones, time may record JPO to be the voice of engineering excellence most able to produce a paradigm shift in these ‘shave talk venues’.
Thanks Leon. It is a keeper for me. I think I said it was $60, it is actually $67 sale price at sharpeningsupplies.com. The website says it is a soaking type water stone.
Hi @Kmurray9244. I have not actually found “dimensional” specifications from other than the ONLY and modern day invention which enables a straight razor hobbyist the tool to shape honing gear outside of freehanding. The Orignial Jarrod Plate or the cheap copies can be had from China. One can always commission a one off custom piece on your own specs, which I can document having been done. The dimensions from the Jarrod plate that I use are derived from modern day German craftsmen who have/do manufacture straight razors 24’ wheel with 6’ diameter cross crown. I do know of one modern day German straight razor manufacturer who reportedly abandoned the time honored trade practice of using a crowned hone because his largest marketing partner in the US demanded that he use a Naniwa stone progression that was ‘properly flattened’, what ever that means. Historically, from Antiquity; 1) There is the pre-1850 German grinders manuscript describing the practice of multiple curvatures with those actual specifications assumed to lie in the artisan/craft domain. 2) I have a marketed product from the same time period using a wheel smaller than 4’, Please check out my vid… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IvjVE1tVNYw.htmlsi=cFslEidictJuX802 3) I do not have copies but have seen documents from Pike (long established abrasive source, now Norton), and literature from knife/razor maker Böker describing hollow “bevels” I hope this helps with your research, I have encountered many “Honemaster Superiors” who are known to themselves to be expert in all things ‘Straight Razor’ who have either hidden this type of information or flat out lied about it because of the money they make sharpening razors the fast and easy way.
