Great honing video Jacques. I enjoy the comments you make as you sharpen. I also appreciate that you adjust your technique to correct issues at different spots on the edge. And it is refreshing to see a razor honing video where the heel gets as much attention as the rest of the edge. Kudos!
Thanks Gregg. I appreciate your thoughtful comments and observations, much appreciated. The heel is my favourite part of the blade to shave with, it produces so much cutting force. enjoy your weekend, regards Jacques
Brilliant honing video Sensei. Well done in crafting those scales out of dinosaur bone. They look very pretty. I learnt a lot from this video ❤ thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing the trans ark in a video sometime soon.
kimd words Toots.. The scales came out beautifully and the owner is very happy. was a surprise birthday gift. best wishes and enjoy your honing workout today.
Looks hand forged tamohageny to me ? That's a delamination line on the blade I'd guess ,which can't happen on stock steel . I bet that's a very hard steel to work , wedges are a pain ... I use lots of tape to do the occasional one . Any warps can be ovoided if your lucky . Your so right edge setting is critical . Also your right about synthetics, I use far too many . Often 6 ! When 3 is enough 😂. ( ps , great slurry! Definitely heavy slurry cuts better , I hope the giraffe 🦒 scales work out well , is there a limping giraffe missing a leg out there in the high velt ? 😂).
wonderful feedback Martin, much appreciated. Yes hard steel indeed, no warps and it shaved beautifully. The scales came out great, bit chubby, yet balances the blade well. more than a limp unfortunately - ended up being a conductor. power lines collapsed during storm.
Do you ever use tomo nagura or do you normally stop at the Koma? I like to do 10k shapton glass, koma, then tomo but will do nore testing later. Not sure yet what my favorite method going to my ark will be. Currently going to it after the 10k but might add some jnat or higher synth first.
Hi Chris, thank you for the question. I'll try to answer best I can. Tomo essential is grit from another stone used on your base stone, fundamentally another nagura. I have excellent base stones and wonderful nagura's, thus never understood the requirement for Tomo. So I generally stop after koma with some clean up strokes on Ark or base stone. Most my base stones are razor awasedo's/finishers. I would definitely add jnat after 10K and finish on a proper awasedo with or without Tomo depending on the base stone quality. Hope this made sense?
welcome to the channel, appreciate the sub too! not vintage but still classy, its a dress eco drive BM8550-14A. i have 2 promasters, 1 altichron and a certified diver (see vid 110) . best wishes dapper shaves
Great honing video Jacques. I enjoy the comments you make as you sharpen. I also appreciate that you adjust your technique to correct issues at different spots on the edge. And it is refreshing to see a razor honing video where the heel gets as much attention as the rest of the edge. Kudos!
Thanks Gregg. I appreciate your thoughtful comments and observations, much appreciated. The heel is my favourite part of the blade to shave with, it produces so much cutting force. enjoy your weekend, regards Jacques
Brilliant honing video Sensei. Well done in crafting those scales out of dinosaur bone. They look very pretty. I learnt a lot from this video ❤ thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing the trans ark in a video sometime soon.
kimd words Toots.. The scales came out beautifully and the owner is very happy. was a surprise birthday gift. best wishes and enjoy your honing workout today.
Have a Great Week 😎😎👍👍
thanks Alex
Looks hand forged tamohageny to me ? That's a delamination line on the blade I'd guess ,which can't happen on stock steel . I bet that's a very hard steel to work , wedges are a pain ... I use lots of tape to do the occasional one . Any warps can be ovoided if your lucky . Your so right edge setting is critical . Also your right about synthetics, I use far too many . Often 6 ! When 3 is enough 😂.
( ps , great slurry! Definitely heavy slurry cuts better , I hope the giraffe 🦒 scales work out well , is there a limping giraffe missing a leg out there in the high velt ? 😂).
wonderful feedback Martin, much appreciated. Yes hard steel indeed, no warps and it shaved beautifully. The scales came out great, bit chubby, yet balances the blade well. more than a limp unfortunately - ended up being a conductor. power lines collapsed during storm.
@@dappershaves , an electrocuted giraffe 🦒 !
Amazing!
Do you ever use tomo nagura or do you normally stop at the Koma? I like to do 10k shapton glass, koma, then tomo but will do nore testing later. Not sure yet what my favorite method going to my ark will be. Currently going to it after the 10k but might add some jnat or higher synth first.
Hi Chris, thank you for the question. I'll try to answer best I can. Tomo essential is grit from another stone used on your base stone, fundamentally another nagura. I have excellent base stones and wonderful nagura's, thus never understood the requirement for Tomo. So I generally stop after koma with some clean up strokes on Ark or base stone. Most my base stones are razor awasedo's/finishers.
I would definitely add jnat after 10K and finish on a proper awasedo with or without Tomo depending on the base stone quality. Hope this made sense?
Yes, thanks for the response. Have a good day!
Irrelevant question , but which Citizen watch model is the one you're wearing on your wrist? Is it a vintage one?
welcome to the channel, appreciate the sub too!
not vintage but still classy, its a dress eco drive BM8550-14A. i have 2 promasters, 1 altichron and a certified diver (see vid 110) . best wishes dapper shaves