Stainless Steel Hone Type 15s incoming!

LeeMaz

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Thank you for following up! Oh a nice Gem single edge is a hard thing to pass up!

Things are a little ahead of schedule; The machining is actually finished! A day I thought might never come. The parts went for brushing last week for the first stage of finishing, and will go for the fine texturing this week. Then some QA. I think middle to the end of February might be possible. I have taken a cautious approach on the website and said March. I will do my own QA when they are here as well so need to account for that also. I typically pull a random sample size out of the batch and go through them with all the measuring equipment and surface gauges etc. If that is all ok I can launch while I am still packing because I can't pack the whole batch at once anyway.

That is a very long winded way of saying... I might be ready in Feb, but cautiously suggesting early March should be pretty much a certainty. (Touch wood there are no last min surprises!)

Not sure if that helps make your Gem dilemma any easier haha.
So your saying for my early March birthday I will actually be getting the pressie I want! Excellent news, glad I asked, I’ll hold off on the Gem for now then. Is the price on the website inclusive of the stand or more if you want it? Many thanks for the update!
 

Hone

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Thank you all. I have actually been working on another short video update after the last one got very positive feedback. (Still not my natural habitat to be in front of a camera). But I do like that I can share the detail, and feels more open. I tried to keep it short and to the point.

 

Hone

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Any chance of selling the razor brushed?
Love the idea, but this is not a visual sort of brushing. It's to get a consistent basis for the final finish. I have tried brushing the whole razor before on some brass versions, and getting the finish to line up across the parts was really tricky, and had a very high rejection rate.

One of the tricky areas was transitioning from the handle into the underside of the guard. It was impossible to do without putting the razor together, which is not something you want to do midway through a batch, and then they need to be taken apart for cleaning, so keeping matching parts was really tough. I would love to find a way, but at the moment, not possible. Sorry.
 

Hone

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Great news, the stock arrived middle of the week. I am about 25% of the way through my checking. The parts look fantastic, and they are measuring up beautifully as well. I will be setting the date for availability early next week. In the meantime here are some images - these are untouched - from the camera.
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LeeMaz

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Have you decided what moves out of the den?
Still trying to move the Flexi on in preparation, maybe the Nodochi too as it’s not significantly more aggressive than the Masamune and was bought on a whim.
I also have a supply v2 I need to move on but keep forgetting to list.
 
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