Test Shave of a Lepine A Lyon "
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I received this, and a few others, to hone up. There was frown in the edge that needed to be worked out, so I hit the Extra Coarse DMT, then the coarse, fine and Extra fine. Then on to an all-Shapton Glass stone progression with the 1K, 2K, 4K gray, 6K gray, 10K and 30K. I noticed early on that the edge was too foily, so I added a piece of tape.
Overall, the shave was extremely smooth. The blade is at least a 6/8 if not bigger and full hollow ground. I did WTG and ATG and a light touch up. Very nice. A look under the scope afterward revealed the edge held up nicely, but I think it could stand one more honing from the 2K to get rid of a couple of micro chips.
My daughter picked the cream, and I couldn't agree more. The King Kong was missed
Cream: Olivia's King Kong
Lotion: Olivia's King Kong
Brush: Bock Silvertip
Razor: Lepine A Lyon "
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Strop: Kanayama 20,000 (yes I have one of those, too
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