What do you think?
Just to remind you, here's a before:
And after:
I like it...now to hone it up again!
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In other news, I have found something so EXCITING!
I live in Yamaguchi prefecture, in western/southern Honshu, on the Seto Inland sea. I'm not far from Iwakuni City, which has an American air force base and, apparently, a NATURAL HONE MINE! I just found out today...I stumbled on a blog written by a carpenter in Iwakuni, who found the mine and met a miner who worked there, and now has some stones from that mine. There is a full range, and they even have some finishers that rival the famous ones from Kyoto!
I am so so excited about this. I've gotten in touch with the blogger, and hopefully I can arrange to meet the miner as well. And, of course, see if these stones are any good for razors!
AAAAAND, in enlisting my wife's help in the search for stones, she stumbled on a little shop here in Hikari called, get this: Kobayashi Hone-stone workshop (小林砥石工房）. What a day! What fun! Why don't I have any money!?
Oh yeah, I bought the coolest razor in history, that's why.
Hmmmm....
Anybody want to buy a Filarmonica?
