Thread: Edge Restoration - Heavy Bevel setting

For me the solution is simple, I do not fully set bevels with Diamonds even high grit diamonds,1k.

I get the bevels close but not meeting, then fully bring them together with stones, joint the edge and fully re-set the bevel with a 4k again.

Most recently I have been experimenting with a Naniwa 2k green brick, with very good results as a bevel setter with a much shallower stria. I do believe on some razors even 1k stones may be too aggressive.

Jointing and removing a bit of the edge, helps get to good, solid steel.

Victor, it would be interesting to see what happens with a new razor. But I suspect with some hard razors, Hart’s for example, much the same is happening with aggressive belts used for grinding on hard steels. CNTG made a nice razor that was very, very hard from his knife steel and very prone to chipping, much of the edge had to be removed to get to good steel that would hold an edge, this I suspect was from grinding and hard steel.

They stopped selling them, for that reason I believe, before I could buy more to test further. For Harts, jointing and lapping film work well for a chip free edge, some just have to be honed a few times to remove enough metal.

Look forward to your results.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Victor, it would be interesting to see what happens with a new razor. But I suspect with some hard razors, Hart’s for example, much the same is happening with aggressive belts used for grinding on hard steels.

Look forward to your results.

Bruno demonstrated his edge trailing finish grinding at Charlie Lewis' razor making meet last week. Probably another good idea for avoiding edge on impact.

Yes, edge trailing strokes can yield good results on stones, I would suspect the same grinding on belts.

I have seen good results on synthetic finish stones like the GS20 and film, even with 12k Super Stones for finishing laps.

I have seen a couple mentions of Bruno’s technique, but not much detail. It may just be as simple as avoiding edge leading impact, as Eric stated.