OOOOhhhhhh hell yeah.
OK you know I have tried to hone razors using the wrong progression and what have you. Well today I honed a razor from scratch. Set the bevel and went 1,5,8k then to Karasu.
Man talk about shave ready, no irritation or nicks or anything. BBS skin. Man wow.
I'm rather speechless, I am surprised how well it went.
I know, I know, you want to know the brand of straight I used yea? Well I cannot tell you as its a mystery straight. Its a 1/2 or full hollow, spike with no other markings whatsoever. I got one similar, which was hollow ground in sheffeild but no other info. So easy to hone. Such a nice shave.
I think I will stick with my boar brush to balance things out, you know, luxury of silky shaves from natural Japanese hones, gotta have some roughness somewhere.
Oh yea, and I decided I will post the razor to a hone meister to get approval of my honing ability. Hopefully he won't shoot me down. Mind you, if he has followed this journal, he should know, if it shaved my beard it will shave anyones. Unless mine is so whorey it buggered the edge after just one shave, LOL. Yea right, no I am absolutely positive, I will get a great response.
Well I am pleased with the result. So.... where should I go from here....?