Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 15
Like Tree22Likes

Thread: Examples of uneven beveled, shave-ready blades

  1. #1
    the deepest roots TwistedOak's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Location
    Seattle
    Posts
    1,221
    Thanked: 169

    Default Examples of uneven beveled, shave-ready blades

    I'm in the middle of honing two different blades (full and extra hollow grinds). Each is slightly warped and thus one side has a nice thin bevel, the other side starting to look like a smiling blade.
    Additionally, the full hollow has really wavy spine wear. I think the previous owner got happy with the buffer.
    So to get to the point of the thread I think it would help the community in general if people could post examples of the wonkier looking bevels and spine wear they've seen that STILL produced an excellent shaving edge.
    Obviously hollows will look a little more tidy than wedges, but all grinds should be represented!
    When posting, show at least each side of the blade face. Let me know if this type of thread has been created already and I'm just late to the game!

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to TwistedOak For This Useful Post:

    bekk (07-17-2016)

  3. #2
    Senior Member dinnermint's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Waukesha, Wisconsin
    Posts
    1,943
    Thanked: 390

    Default

    I don't have one that can't be seen without magnification, but bumping up this thread anyways... I bet there's a few out there (cough-Texas-coughcough)

  4. #3
    the deepest roots TwistedOak's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Location
    Seattle
    Posts
    1,221
    Thanked: 169

    Default

    by uneven bevel and spine-wear I was imagining viewed from 100yds away... something if you were shopping on the bay you might think, nope that is too far gone to try to get shave ready.

  5. #4
    Junior Tinkerer Srdjan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    Location
    Canberra
    Posts
    799
    Thanked: 242

    Default





    My experience has been that, as long as I can get a good bevel, the looks don't matter much.
    As the time passes, so we learn.

  6. #5
    Senior Member Whizbang's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    I'm thinking...
    Posts
    447
    Thanked: 79

    Default

    I am interested to see responses to this thread. I am currently honing a Oxford Razor...and I noticed the bevel was hard to set...and then I tested the blade and noticed there is a slight warping...was only visible through magnification. I am wondering what can be done with these razors to set a reasonable bevel?

  7. #6
    illegitimum non carborundum Utopian's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Rochester, MN
    Posts
    11,544
    Thanked: 3795
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    I don't understand the logic of that blade. The variable distance from the edge to the spine pretty much guarantees honing issues.

  8. #7
    Senior Member blabbermouth 10Pups's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Across the street from Mickey Mouse in Calif.
    Posts
    5,320
    Thanked: 1184

    Default

    Let me add another dimension to this. The thickness of the blade at the top of the bevel. The spine can be perfectly straight and the same thickness but you can still get wonky if the blade is uneven in thickness. This is something I have measured 9 ways forward and 10 backward.
    If you hone a blade with no tape and you get even stria at all points from spines outer edge to the tip of the edge. The top of the bevel thickness will make it lower or go higher depending on the thickness.

    Hope I don't have to make a 3d model with perpendicular bisectors and primary indicators objectifying the parallelograms at acute angles to illustrate my point here. Although explaining with polygons, vertices and vertexes may be easier I am having a hard enough time with words :<0)
    Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.

  9. The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to 10Pups For This Useful Post:

    Aerdvaark (02-23-2017), bluesman7 (07-17-2016), tinkersd (01-15-2017)

  10. #8
    FAL
    FAL is offline
    < Banned User >
    Join Date
    Jul 2015
    Location
    Central Oregon
    Posts
    789
    Thanked: 98

    Default

    I noticed that fact too 10pups, pics do not work as well as they do when edited and highlighted, especially for new viewers. I have never had any honemeister to point out in a scope , highlighting wear areas, incomplete bevel, etc. but reading here and watching video's certainly helps and always nightly Practice, pretty soon you pick up the "Touch" and see Exactly what is happening on any edge.

  11. #9
    Senior Member alpla444's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    St Helens, uk
    Posts
    678
    Thanked: 96

    Default

    Hope I don't have to make a 3d model with perpendicular bisectors and primary indicators objectifying the parallelograms at acute angles to illustrate my point here. Although explaining with polygons, vertices and vertexes may be easier I am having a hard enough time with words :<0)[/QUOTE]

    Ohhh Please Please.

  12. #10
    Junior Tinkerer Srdjan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    Location
    Canberra
    Posts
    799
    Thanked: 242

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    I don't understand the logic of that blade. The variable distance from the edge to the spine pretty much guarantees honing issues.
    I was just checking my subscriptions and came to this thread again, wondering if there were more pictures.

    Next time I see this blade, I'm gonna show some better photos of it. It looks like someone either crafted it this way (unlikely!), or very skillfully performed the plastic surgery... or both? What's really interesting is that the scales look like ivory, I think. The whole thing just doesn't look right, I'd personally never put ivory on a blade like this, but it honed up very nicely. Gonna show the bevel next time.






    On topic, I honed up one of the recent acquisitions, it should be nearly 200 years old.. yeah, the bevel is a bit out of wack! Again, no photo of the other side at hand, I might add it later, but you get the picture.

    Steel and ejmolitor37 like this.
    As the time passes, so we learn.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •