Zulu Grey Progression!

Gents,

I was enamored with the Zulu Grey finishing stone, so much so I purchased a Silkvein which is the ZG pre-finisher.

Well, Michael offered to sell me two more stones that he had come across in S Africa wherever he digs them up.  A black one to be used after bevel setting, and a stout little green beastie.  Mike told me he did not know where in the progression the fat green one would go, but that he thought it would be before the Silkvein.

So here was the progression I was planning to use to hone one of my Wacker Old Sheffield razors this afternoon.


However, after lapping the grid lines off, I found the fat little green beast to be more difficult to slurry and get rid of the lines than the Silkvein, but not as hard as the ZG. 

So I swapped their spots in the progression!  Here is why I call the green one the stout little beastie!


At any rate, I took some pictures of the slurries as I was doing laps but forgot to snap one of the green one...here are the black, Silkvein, and ZG.  They all had wonderful earth smells, and were fun to hone upon.



So after the final one hundred or so light laps on the ZG, and stropping the Wacker Old Sheffield was ready.



This edge, while not the most cheek splitting sharpest, was quite close...while at the same time being the most face friendly edge that I have used!  I am going to try to replicate the process tomorrow with the other Wacker Old Sheffield.  That will be quite a trick if I can do it!

Here are some lather shots from the WK Tempest.

Stout little green beastie slurried...

I have now honed six straights with this ZG progression, and have used two.  The two that I used had sharp buttery smooth edges that REALLY got along well with me face.  

I am very pleased...here is one of the ones I honed today, and it’s the one I used this evening.  A jade 6/8 Brian Brown with spike point.  

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Matt

I have now honed six straights with this ZG progression, and have used two.  The two that I used had sharp buttery smooth edges that REALLY got along well with me face.  

I am very pleased...here is one of the ones I honed today, and it’s the one I used this evening.  A jade 6/8 Brian Brown with spike point.  

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Matt

Brian’s razors are so easy to hone. A testament to his fundamentals when fabricating.

Yes...that one with the laser straight edge was pretty darn easy!  I also love to hone and shave with the Wacker razors.  The Wacker blades are my favorite!

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Matt

What an awesome thread! Thanks for the post. I’m new to cut throats and honing and love this journey.

I am still learning as well!  It’s very satisfying...the process of honing, and then using the edge that you put on your razor!

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Matt

Used this progression today to hone this Zwillingswerk 14 today, except no slurry in the finisher...just water and a few drops of dish soap.I will give it a whirl tomorrow!

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Matt

This edge did not disappoint...my new favorite razor!