Sharpening a Yurii Kravchenko Straight Razor

[@azourital]

I find that each time I hone a razor after watching your video I get a much better edge🤣🤣 Please keep the honing video's coming they are amazing

[@drmatt357]

Thank you and you do get better edges!😉

[@donttellmyknife]

I have 3 of Yurii’s razors and love them all! He’s also a super nice guy.

[@mackbooker8368]

I love the Coticule ending as that is how I finish my edges plus a short run on the black ark. The lighting looked good to me. I saw everything I wanted to see. Appreciate your videos more than you know! I may have to try and get one of his razors soon. Thanks Dr. Matt!! Best

[@drmatt357]

Thanks Mack and I'm glad you enjoy the content!

[@rasaturasemplice]

You're the best. Massive thanks for your videos. Always learning something from you.

[@drmatt357]

Thanks Mate! I was looking at your channel and it looks like you’re from Italy. Is that right? If you are, I’ll wear my Rossi jersey next time. 😁

[@rasaturasemplice]

@@drmatt357 Yes I am, Guido from Italy! So Rossi jersey next time 😍🔥

[@sterlingcampbell2116]

Not crazy about the 4k, but the 8k Nortons work and feel great. I don't know why they get so much flack.

[@life2short1971]

Great video drMatt! I was surprised you honed pretty the same way I do my AR Capitaine from Yurii with 2 layers of tape and a Thuringian type slate(Not sure what it really is). I do a few passes on a denim strop pasted with Dovo black after stones and its as close and smooth a shave as any. Thanks for the video!! Scott

[@drmatt357]

Great minds think alike! Thanks for stopping by Scott.

[@7in1]

I have tried 3M lapping film set, compared edges with stones (under scope). And guess what, now planning selling my stones

[@mattember5372]

Also... Maybe I'm seeing it wrong, but it seems to me that your angle is much more shallow that what I was told. I read 30 degrees is ideal, but it looks to me like you use maybe 10 degrees?

[@knightmare1015]

This is one of the things that I do miss about using straight razors and that's putting an edge on the razor. Great video Dr. Matt. Everything looked great. The angle was perfect and I could see everything with the sharpening process. The lighting was really good and I could see everything clearly and the audio was perfect. That Coticule finish at the end was a very nice surprise alternate ending. I do miss using straight razors from time to time and I still have my stones and other equipment.

[@l26wang]

Why’d you stop?

[@jeffhicks8428]

I can tell you want one. Heck I want one just watching ya mess with it and I don't even know what the heck it is.

[@mattember5372]

Another great one! Thanks for doing all these videos. I've learned a ton from you. Can I ask what the grind is on that particular razor? I don't have a very heavy beard, but I don't seem to get along well with full hollows. With a custom razor by Yurii, I could get whatever grind I want, so... Also, is that 8/8" or 7/8"?

[@theMuritz]

Hey Dr. Matt, new to your channel. Personally I suggest skipping the music altogether, since it allows to listen to the shaving sounds rather than being distracted ... It was perfect in one of your comparison videos ...

[@JohnHartConductor]

Great vid, Dr. Matt! I enjoyed the angles on the sharpening sequences, I could see everything. Lighting, I prefer slightly brighter, but that’s just my preference. I recently got a Yurii Kravchenko 8/8 Consul razor - great steel, but I bet it’d be even better with a Dr. Matt edge. Sounds like the Escher worked great!

[@drmatt357]

Thanks J.! I agree, I think I could get better lighting at the sink. That shouldn’t be too hard to do.

[@demonry06]

I should have sent you my 9/8 Riga razor to sort it out. That thing looks so awesome and the edge seemed really smooth. Great job as always Dr Matt.

[@drmatt357]

Thanks Ryan. You got my number!😉

[@plainsimple442]

After watching your vids, I see that I need more strokes on the different stones. I use a Norton 8k and then to a Imperia La Roccia 12-15k. Do you have any suggestions? Regards, Rick

[@artrazor-ua]

oh thanks for the review

[@paulspeller968]

oh hell yes doc awesome razor . what a finishing stone indeed 👍 one thing i might say my friend the camera angle when your on the stones could possibly do with a different look i know it’s a tricky one but was difficult to see the blade run over the stones as in seeing the edge because of the hand position saw more of your hands . but the lighting is all good . have a good one buddy 👌

[@drmatt357]

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, when my left hand is on the blade it does block but had that issue when Dani was filming too. I’ll try and minimize that. 😁

[@paulspeller968]

@@drmatt357 no worries mate . i have that sink bridge and it’s excellent. saves me some serious ear bashing off the wife for not making a mess on the front room table 🤣🤣🤣

[@caloudelaballe7923]

hello DrMatt, I really like your channel for a long time. I find it more complete than others because you do honning, shaving but you are the only one to have these incredible images of the edges. This allows us to see the concrete result of a honing technique or a stone and to have your shaving result. I find that the images from your microscope are not present enough. there would be a lot of video to do with this tool that really shows what our imagination tells us.

[@drmatt357]

Thank you Calou and I’m glad you enjoy the content. It’s funny that you say that about the slides because my detractors criticize me for the same thing you’re praising me for. 😆 They say I rely too much on the scope and the ONLY thing that matters is the shave and I’m FOS! Speaking of slides and material, I recently spent some time going through my slide library that I have over 1000 slides of some really cool stuff I logged when I was bored. From crazy progressions to damaged to corrected edges and just good vs bad. I’ve thought of just making a video of me going over them and what I found and what it can indicate but then I thought it may be boring and not much interest to most. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@caloudelaballe7923]

@@drmatt357 Customers are always right, and if they want to stay in a hole without light, so Amen. Maybe others want to see reality by the light of science, Hallelujah.

[@delbert3539]

Thanks

[@jrjbud]

Great video like always, i absolutely have to get that stone holder thanks

[@SymbiosisDenizen]

Always excited when you put out a new video

[@johnnyboydianno]

Great video doc tri pod was awesome keep up the great work gratz

[@drmatt357]

Hey Johnny B., great to hear from you and always appreciate you stopping by. Thank you for the feedback. I was playing with the camera mount last night and figured out a very cool angle for the sharpening sequences so we’ll see how it goes on the next one. 😃

[@JesusChrist-on7so]

Thank you

[@ultraman1red]

Great vid

[@hdcrossbones]

Don’t you get water in the pivot pin constantly running water on that stone?

[@drmatt357]

Yes it does. On a recent video I showed how I keep a can of compressed air near by to blast that pin out.

[@arhit3cht]

Awesome, great vid.! 👍

[@josephquijas380]

Dr Matt, Any new source for nano cloth and cbn? Thanks Joe

[@drmatt357]

I don’t think you can get the nano cloth anymore Joe but a piece of leather will work with this CBN emulsion. Not a spray but like a cream you smear on a small piece of leather and you’re GTG. www.chefknivestogo.com/ckcbnsp05mi.html

[@TyghtAlso]

RIP Ken @@drmatt357

[@garyhaywood6013]

Enjoyed the whole video Matt . I have several Yuri Artrazor and they really nice . Yuri goes 7k j Nat . I

[@drmatt357]

Thanks Gary. I don’t know if the prior edge on there was Yurii’s edge but it did look like it could have been a JNAT.

[@garyhaywood6013]

@@drmatt357 do you no what model it was

[@robertbarrow8767]

where do i get the address to send a razor?

[@drmatt357]

If you click the video in the box of this video’s last 15 seconds, in the description of that video are all the instruction you’ll need to get it to me.

[@MrMadtractor]

hey i got some razors that need some work if your interested, a few osiris blades let me know

[@drmatt357]

Are you the one who sent me the pics?

[@magnoliamike]

Look at you with your 80’s style WWF tank top! 💪🏻 💪🏻 🏋🏻‍♂️

[@vicentegregorio6476]

Nice video! As always. I have a Yurii that needs resharpening. I’ll send you an email. Best

[@jessepatch9076]

you do realise you should never surface a stone with one that is more coarse grit you make the stone more coarse when you do that

[@drmatt357]

I gather you're talking about the 400 grit diamond plate on the 5 & 8K stones?

[@jessepatch9076]

@@drmatt357 no im saying any stone if you use a higher grit stone on it to surface it the stone will become more coarse

[@jessepatch9076]

@@drmatt357 think about it you cant surface a stone to a finer grit unless the stone you are using is of a finer grit then the one your surfacing

[@drmatt357]

@@jessepatch9076 I asked specifically about the diamond plate because in that case I disagree. You're creating a slurry of the base stone and even if there are grooves in the stone from a coarse plate, the peaks of the grooves or the part of the stone actually touching the metal is still the grit of the base stone, say the 5K I used the 400 diamond to surface. I've debated this question with others so I understand your thinking but what my face and scope tell me agree with my view. Now if you're using a 400 grit stone to surface a 5K stone and there is slurry on the 5K stone from the 400, then yes, you would be correct.

[@jessepatch9076]

@@drmatt357 you didnt ask anything? i run a sharpening business i use tormek machines what i said is true ive seen the stones your using

[@jessepatch9076]

dont make it more convex its already shit to shave with for that reason it has way to much belly for shaving