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@kgpax2 жыл бұрын
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@abefrohman17595 жыл бұрын
ZY should make you a spokesman. Have a good weekend Eric.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Abe a spokesman for ZY! ;) Wow, I believe your right! :) Thanks for your great idea (I'll look into that with ZY) and thanks for your encouragement and support, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
@JoyShaving5 жыл бұрын
Wow this video is so resourceful in learning what it takes to properly hone and sharpen the razor to be shave ready. Thanks Eric for your efforts in creating the videos, really like a lot !
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Joy thanks so much for your great comment and for your encouragement, and thanks for watching! ;) Take care! :) #Heart
@tjmati52045 жыл бұрын
Great job Eric.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
TJ thanks for your encouraging comments and for your support, and thanks for watching! ;) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
@tjmati52045 жыл бұрын
The ZY's are great blades. Among my best shavers.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
TJ these ZY razors are some of my best shaving straight razors as well, truly a great blade! ;) #Heart
@Sigtrygg_Gale.5 жыл бұрын
Great job Eric, thanks for the upload.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Entity Vox thanks for your great comment and for your encouragement, and thanks for watching! ;) Take care and have a good weekend! :) #Heart
@ahmetakarman30725 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the useful videos.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Ahmet thanks for your encouraging comment and support, and thanks for watching! ;) Have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
@knightmare10155 жыл бұрын
Awesome job Eric. I've personally have done this at least a thousand times and I got great and consistent results each and every time. The only things that I did differently is that I used the corner of the stone to kill the edge and I stropped the razor on the firehose strop before going to the ilr. After that I did just 10 round trips on the smooth leather strop. I also used a Naniwa Snow White 8K Junpaku back in the day.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Stephen this is a fantastic method to refresh a straight razor! ;) And Dr Matt's under the running water technique works every time very consistently, thanks Dr Matt! :) Thanks for your great comment and for your support, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care my friend! :) #Heart
@jeronimomacias4815 жыл бұрын
Great video Eric. I think it’s about time I do this to my GD208. Thanks for the tutorial.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Jeronimo you got this go for it! ;) I'm so glad this video come out just a the right time! Yeah Buddy! :) Thanks for your great comment and for your encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care my friend! :) #Heart
@Martins-Shaves1233 жыл бұрын
Thanks Eric, excellent tutorial.
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful Martin! ;) Yeah, Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@GeorgeCampbell19645 жыл бұрын
Excellent TouchUp bid, Eric. To be honest, I've never had much luck with the ILR and the underwater method though.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
George as long as your getting those good edges (like I know you are) just keep doing what your doing! ;) It's all good! That's one of the great things about this great hobby of wet shaving were all different, but were all the same... it's the differences that make us stronger and why we can learn from each other! Thanks for your great comment and honesty, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
@h.al.88015 жыл бұрын
Agree, DRMatt is providing a lot of guidance for the community! His technical approach works all the time!
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
H. Al. your so right Dr Matt is very generous with is guidance and helpful Tips and Tricks! ;) We need more people like him in the community! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend! :) #Heart
@andydixon9144 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. Thank you!
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
AndyD so glad you found this video helpful, my friend! :) Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! ;) Heart
@andydixon9144 жыл бұрын
Very informative thank you. Josh did a great job on the background music also👍🏻
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
AndyD, Josh has been play and writing music for quite sometime... music is what he really loves. I'm so happy you enjoy his music as well! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good week my friend! :) #Heart
@luigiluigi20985 жыл бұрын
Another video i missed somehow. When find time need to check your early videos
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Luigi there's a lot out there... you could first by looking a the Home Page of the channel and the Playlist Tab for more suggestions buddy. Let me know how you get along or if you can't find something and I see what I can do. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) #Heart
@Thommie635 жыл бұрын
Great one Eric.... thom
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Thom thanks for your encouraging comment and thanks for watching! ;) Hope you are well! Have a good day and stay sharp my friend! :) #Heart
@hawkeye9245 жыл бұрын
#NEW Watched your entire Gold Dollar series. Now I now why I purchase the Soligen brand of straights. I could not believe it until I saw you setting the bevel on a brand spanking new Gold $ 66. Thanks for your videos... It entails so much work for you, but I am sure you enjoy it. My finisher is a Naniwa 12K. Works great for me.☺ BTW I am now Subscribed.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Hawkeye Of The Eye so happy you are part of the Adventures In Wet Shaving family now! ;) Welcome! Really good move going with a Solingen brand straight razor and a beautiful Naniwa 12K finisher very nice! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks fro watching the entire Gold Dollar series! :) Take care and have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
@wingsstringsandreallysharp25355 жыл бұрын
Thanks Eric! I need to touch up my Ace of Spades and will try this method. As always, I sure sharing what you’ve learned!!
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Michael that sounds good! ;) Please let me know how you get along with your Ace of Spades touch up. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
@wingsstringsandreallysharp25355 жыл бұрын
I meant to say that I sure “appreciate your” sharing what you’ve learned. Was getting too late in the day I guess!
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Michael totally get it, buddy! ;) So glad these videos help :) #Heart
@strikegoldshave5 жыл бұрын
In essence your doing the pyramid style of honing or the Ax method with strokes.. nice informative video..
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Frank thanks for your great comment and for your encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day and take care my friend! :) #Heart
@luigiluigi20984 жыл бұрын
Wow you have videos on EVERYTHING.. What an amazing library Eric. Thank you. Hope you'll post a video before Christmas... :)
@luigiluigi20984 жыл бұрын
What - i had seen this and commented. I'm getting forgetful hahaha
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
Luigi that's the idea my friend... I one stop shop! ;) Yeah Buddy! There will be a couple videos before Christmas ;) Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good week and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
@briangreer62863 жыл бұрын
# NEW.......Thanks Eric, Im really liking and learning from you.. Brian
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad to hear it! ;) Yeah, Buddy! Brian thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@ilyabixon76825 жыл бұрын
I know for sure that I will not do honing myself, however I’d like you to show the barber hone, which, if I understand it correctly, does a quick touch up. Thanks.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Great idea Ilya! ;) You are correct they are meant to touch up a straight razor on the spot. Do you have a barber hone? Let me see if I can get my hand on a barbers hone. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching my friend! :) #Heart
@richardtorres63175 жыл бұрын
Eric I don't have a ILR but I do have a 12k nort could I run that under a stream of water or just wet it. Great video 👍
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Great question Richard! ;) Make sure the stone has been soaking like normal before you try using the 12k norton under running water. It should work fine my friend, please let me know how you get a long. Thanks for your great question and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care! :) #Heart
@Lucio1974able3 жыл бұрын
#New! Hi thanks for the shared knowledge! Lucio - Brazil
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
So happy you're enjoying the video, Lucio! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for the sub and the encouraging comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@richardweilandt33152 жыл бұрын
Hey Eric, I have a question for you. I was wondering if you were going to do a honing video with a smiling wedge razor. Reason I ask, is because I do have a Wade & Butcher smiling wedge razor that is proving to be a bit difficult for me to hone , and would love to see a video done on a smiling wedge.
@AdventuresInWetShaving2 жыл бұрын
Richard, I'll have to look at what I have here that I could use! ;) Yeah, Buddy that could be interesting! Thanks for your great suggestion and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@richardweilandt33152 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresInWetShaving thank you
@markfowler93522 жыл бұрын
What’s the advantage of taping the spine of the blade?
@AdventuresInWetShaving2 жыл бұрын
Great question Mark! ;) There are two reasons: 1) You've got an expensive straight razor and you want to keep it as clean as possible; and 2) You can adjust the bevel angle if your straight razor has too shallow of a bevel angle. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@seff23185 жыл бұрын
Hi I’m #new! I got my first full hollow dozo as a gift. However all I have for sharpening is a 6k (that acts more like an 8k) and a paddle strop with 16,000 grit compound and .5 micron cbn emulsion. I got a decent shave off of what I have but I can definitely see there being room for improvement. I have a lot experience sharpening knives but not razors. It tree topped and passed the hanging hair test, with very thin hair, all up and down the blade. I just noticed it has a touch of “frown” but again I got ok results. I’m thinking of getting a 16k later down the road. What’re your thoughts on my current set up and the frown?
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
First Welcome Seth it's good to have you here! ;) Congrats on your first straight razor! Thanks for your great question! When sharpening your straight razor does the blade seat flat on your stone? or Does it rock back and forth? If it rocks you may need to do more of a rolling X-Stroke to work on the heel and toe of your blade to help take that frown out of the blade. This well be done with the spine touching your stone at the same time the edge is touching. You may or may not want to work on the spine to see if you can help straighten it out. If your interested you could check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOtg62egJeajNU on straightening out a straight razor blade... and see if it's something you want to try. Please let me know how you get along and if you have any other questions :) Again Welcome Seth thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Take care! :) #Heart
@seff23185 жыл бұрын
Adventures In Wet Shaving It actually sits flat! Thanks so much for your thorough and prompt response :)
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Anytime! :) #Heart
@StarKnightZ3 жыл бұрын
Great video, but im curious, why do you glass the edge? Also why do you strop it inbetween sharpening it on the stone?
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Great questions Stark night! ;) To answer your first question 2+ years ago I thought that was a necessary step in honing and sharpening a straight razor. Turns out this is unnecessary but is used by KZbinrs to show that their straight razor isn't sharp before they sharpen it. As far as, stropping between using my finishing stone. I'll use the finishing stone the first time then strop and go back to it this helps remove the wire from the edge refining it. I hope that's helpful, please let me know if you have more questions. Thanks for your great comment and questions, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@StarKnightZ3 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresInWetShaving Thanks for answering. :) Quick follow up what do you mean by remove the wire from the edge?
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Another great question! ;) It helps to smooth the edge giving you a sharp keen more comfortable edge. :) #Heart
@magnoliamike3 жыл бұрын
I just recently bought a Naniwa 12K and my chromium oxide Bar just arrived today in the mail. I put it on the inside of my cotton webbing and i’d like to ask if you wouldn’t mind doing a video teaching me what my routine should be when I refresh my razor. How many laps on the 12K Then do I take it straight to the chromium oxide? Then the cotton webbing /or Linen whatever people call it but mine is cotton webbing . Then the leather…. I would like to know the technique so I can follow it when I’m ready to refresh I want to do a video you could just explain to me how I would go about doing it
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Great idea Mike! ;) Let me see what I can do for you! Thanks for your great questions and comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@agaralpha18425 жыл бұрын
Hello mr eric where you buy that fire hose strop? Pretty interesting strop to me :)
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Great question Agar Alpha! ;) I got that fire hose strop awhile back... let me look up the guys name on FB and I'll get back to you my friend. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good day! :) #Heart
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Agar Alpha I got mine from Jonathan you can find him here facebook.com/jonathan.schultz.712
@markbruce30885 жыл бұрын
Hi, I tried for the first time refreshing my straight razor and right off the bat I made a mistake by not keeping up with the laps . I tried to dull the blade by using a 100 grit sandpaper to start over but I’m afraid I may have messed it up beyond what can realistically be done at home. Please Help . Thanks , Mark from Illinois.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Mark contact me email at AdventuresInWetShaving@gmail.com so we can talk about your razor and see what can be done. Thanks for your watching! :) Take care! :) #Heart
@rogerchien2329 Жыл бұрын
What does it mean when it gets sticky ? Sharp enough ?
@AdventuresInWetShaving Жыл бұрын
You got it, Roger! Once the blade gets sticky you've got a sharp and smooth shave-ready edge on your straight razor. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@blackink29794 жыл бұрын
Hello, nice vid. Your channel inspired me to start with razor. So i bought A. P. Donovan, but its kinda dull. I did a lot of straping and i could shave hair on my hand (not on the air, only on the skin) but no was i could shave facial hair with it. So i bought stone with 8000/3000, hope i can figure out how to make it shave ready now.
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
Black Ink so happy you're inspired! ;) You are on the right track my friend. Do you have a strop? #Heart
@blackink29794 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresInWetShaving i do, but stropping is not enought, hope i can do better with stones :)
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
Black Ink does your strop have both a leather and fabric side to it? #Heart
@blackink29794 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresInWetShaving it has "hairy" side and smooth. Also, second strop i linen, i put abrasive there.
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
Okay good are you using Chrom Ox for your abrasive on the fabric side? #Heart
@BerserkeR_0313 жыл бұрын
Do you ever tape the spine while honing?
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Great question Secret_Armor! ;) Yes I do the first reason is if the straight razor is expensive, and the second reason is if I need to change the spine width to get the proper bevel angle. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@BerserkeR_0313 жыл бұрын
@@AdventuresInWetShaving when taping the spine will I need to set a new edge on a 1k stone or will I still have the proper angle to sharpen the razor with a piece of tape on the spine? I just purchased a new damascus steel razor so I'm definitely going to tape the spine but I don't know if I have the proper angle for honing with a piece of tape on the spine? Thanks
@iAmRenegadeX5 жыл бұрын
What is the purpose of going back to the stone after using the firehose strop? I mean if you'd followed up the firehose that first time with 60 laps on leather, would it really have been likely to failethe treetopping test?
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Great questions RenegadeX! ;) You are correct the ZY Grandslam would have been fine and would have been able to treetop hairs no problem right after the first time on the stones! The main reason to use the firehose strop at this point is to polish the edge and then go back to the ILR finishing stone a second time to refine the edge even more. Hope that made sense please let me know if you have any other question. Thanks for your great questions and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend! :) #Heart
@tjmati52045 жыл бұрын
Yes, and the price is right! Haha.
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Right on TJ! ;)
@omarfabiansanchezornelas15173 жыл бұрын
! Cuanta agua desperdiciada ¡
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Omar, I know! ;) But I have my own water well and septic system. I assure you the water goes right back into the ground I got it from. Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@timothybunnsr.54904 жыл бұрын
C'om? Where do lay people find ceramic and diamond, etc stones.
@AdventuresInWetShaving4 жыл бұрын
Great question Timothy! ;) You can find the Shapton 8k Ceramic stone here ebay.to/2AV7yA8 and the DMT D8C Diamond plate is here amzn.to/3halwyT Hopefully that's helpful, please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@rexdavis1487 Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen everything you do - BUT - I’ve heard virtually no explanation for WHY you do the # of repeats the way you do!
@AdventuresInWetShaving Жыл бұрын
Great question @rexdavis1487 ! :) I have found that working an edge this way keeps it more uniform on both sides, and I can continue to divide the number of strokes by half until it's one-to-one on both sides. For me, it's one of the easiest ways to hone a straight razor. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@EunusRex3 жыл бұрын
Grandslam out of business, ZY razors gone.
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
EunusRex that's really sad both were good straight razors to learn on for both shaving and honing! Thanks for your great information and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@honuhalawahalepule6532 жыл бұрын
Nice review of the basics of honing, and you seem to get good results. However, if I want to learn the Dr. Matt method I would watch his videos. So why not mention Murray Carter, Keith Johnson, or some of the other leaders. Your edge test is weak; you could do some strop (spine leading) strokes (on the stone), and you spent too much time on the 8k, and too little time on the finisher. Also you did not mention chromium oxide prior to the fire hose and leather strop finish. No mention of a shave test (then how do you know how it performs)? Overall a mediocre lesson for sub-par results. But hey, if it works for you then more power my shave brother! P.S. Chinese razors are a waste of money (Thanks but no thanks)!
@AdventuresInWetShaving2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video, Honu! I've never watched any of Murray Carter's videos (I'll have to look him up), and I don't watch Keith Johnson's videos either. I'll have to check both of them out. Thanks for your comment and again thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@rickalexander28015 жыл бұрын
#new
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Welcome Rick thanks for the #new and thanks for watching! ;) #Heart
@magnoliamike3 жыл бұрын
I thought you weren’t supposed to kill the Edge when you’re refreshing your razor????
@AdventuresInWetShaving3 жыл бұрын
Great question Mike! ;) I have done it both ways, and I see no advantage to killing the edge when you're refreshing an edge. So don't kill that edge! Thanks for all your great questions and comments! :) #Heart