Basic Straight Razor Honing Guide, Honing from 8000 Up to a 12000-15000 ILR Finishing Whetstone, Ep4

The Friday Special Hone Of The Day. How To Honing from 8000 Up to a 12000-15000 ILR Finishing Whetstone, Basic Straight Razor Honing Guide Episode 4. Using a Shapton 8000 Grit Ceramic Whetstone and the Shapton M5 12000 Grit Ceramic Whetstone, and finishing with Imperia La Roccia 12000-15000 Premium Natural Honing Stone (ILR). For the Hone Of The Day we'll be using a Parker Best Silver Steel 13/16" 1/4 Hollow Ground Swdeish Steel Straight Razor. You can see the Shapton 8000 at 00:34 You can see the Shapton M5 12000 at 07:32 You can see the Imperia La Roccia 12000-15000 at 10:54 5 Tips and Tricks When Honing a Straight Razor: 1. Keep razor flat with little to no pressure. 2. Keep elbow parallel with the top of the stone. 3. Look for even Water displacement along the complete edge. 4. Keep stones wet all the time (Don't let them go dry). 5. Glass the edge of the blade to check it. Special thanks to YouTuber drmatt357 check him out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5jch5b_prBdRlmXc_sJ3mQ And check out drmatt357's video on ILR called "How to Maintain Your Straight Razor Edge for Beginners to Advanced on the Cheap - Imperia la Roccia" click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXVW_S6VaBw If you Missed Basic Straight Razor Honing Guide, Lap Your Honing Stones Episode 1 click here: https://youtu.be/SCQs-nFAdTc If you Missed Basic Straight Razor Honing Guide, Straight Razor Blade Geometry Episode 2 click here: https://youtu.be/QHUqWXO2hyA If you Missed Basic Straight Razor Honing Guide, Setting the Bevel The Most Important Part Episode 3 click here: https://youtu.be/u4m1QbPIn1A If you have not seen Basic Straight Razor Honing Guide, Leather Stropping-Finishing Episode 5 click here: https://youtu.be/XTu89AeqgkU Subscribe To Get More Great Tips: https://goo.gl/qXOdOV Click here to watch my Most Recent Upload https://goo.gl/5IVjV9 Click here to watch my Most Popular Upload https://goo.gl/jiS8Rk Check out some of my other videos and playlist: Straight Razor Honing Basics for the Rest of Us using a NOS Thiers Issard: https://goo.gl/gcA076 How To, Tips and Tricks, Honeless Straight Razor Refresh! https://goo.gl/ZTGfNN Why You Can't Hone a Straight Razor! or How to ID Check and Correct a Straight Razor Blade Geometry: https://goo.gl/FZjQdc How To Properly Prepare, Properly Set the Bevel, Properly Honing, and Properly Finish Your Straight Razor with Chrom Ox using a ZY Grandslam: https://goo.gl/7nwENO How To Properly Keep a Strop in Good Condition: https://goo.gl/kGcGZY Beginner's Guide to Straight Razor Shaving Start to Finish, Everything You Need to Know: https://goo.gl/Ot5Mj1 Straight Razor Honing for Beginners on a Budget Gold Dollar 208: https://goo.gl/sn8WUt The Five Things That Nobody Told You About How To Hone A Brand New Gold Dollar 66: https://goo.gl/1jTZiS Look for New Videos Every Wednesday and Sunday, and Friday Special Shave Related Videos on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each Month. Hopefully you found this video was helpful. Please let me know if you have any other Straight Razor questions or Ideas for more Friday Special Videos! I would be Happy to film them and give you a Shout-Out. Thanks for Watching! Subscribe To Get More Great Tips: https://goo.gl/qXOdOV Follow Me on: https://twitter.com/AdvInWetShaving https://www.facebook.com/AdventureInWetShaving/ https://www.instagram.com/adventuresinwetshaving/ https://www.pinterest.com/adventuresinwet/ Please Like, Comment, and Share this videos with your friends. Have a Great Shave and a Good Day! See you Next Time on Adventures In Wet Shaving! Eric PRODUCTS USED IN THIS VIDEO Shapton 8000 Grit Ceramic Whetstone Kuromaku Shapton M5 12000 Grit Ceramic Whetstone Imperia La Roccia 12000-15000 Premium Generic 30X Zoom LED Magnifier Clip-On Cell Phone Microscope