Thread: Honing a concave / warped blade

Originally Posted by cudarunner

While for now we can't bring up past posts links to show what happened--basically Glen (GSSIXGUN) had me either imagine or draw a 1" wide line on my hones (I drew the lines) and then concentrate my honing on only the 1" wide area.

I'd struggle for hours and within less than 1/2 an hour I had a nicely honed
and smooth shaving razor.

Just some food for thought

Yesterday, I was working on a new-to-me razor which was slightly warped.
It was supposed to be "shave ready," but it wasn't. I tried a couple of tape
tricks, but I wasn't getting anywhere.

I took a break, found Roy's post on the forum, and decided to give it a try.
I started with a Naniwa 12K and at first it was a little difficult to get "the
moves" down: on the concave side, watching the contact area within that
1 inch on the edge of the hone, getting it to move along the entire edge
of the blade; on the convex side, using a rolling X, watching the water on
the stone get undercut on the full width. It was a heel-to-toe slide along
that 1 inch on one side, and a rocking motion on the full width of the stone
on the other.

It worked like a charm! Nice clean, mostly even bevel on both sides, with
a nice polish. I finished on a translucent Arkie, stropped with CrOx spray
on felt, linen, and leather.

Tonight's shave was very satisfactory: close, smooth and effortless.

Old dog, new trick. Thanks Roy and Glen!

I'm glad it worked so well for you my friend. It really does work!

The link is working fine now so anyone wondering what we are talking about here's the link once again:

https://straightrazorpalace.com/hone...than-mile.html

Visualize rolling a marble on the bevel from heel to toe. On the concave side you drop the heel off the stone, on the convex side you lift the heel off the stone.

Using the edge of the stone, allows the heel to fall off and make contact of only a small portion of the stone, (near the edge) with the concave side.

The degree of warp dictates how much drop or lift you need, (it’s not much). Ink on the bevel will help you see your progress on the bevel and which part of the stone is contacting the bevel. Do not be lulled into using more pressure, let the stone do the work. Pressure can cause chipping.

Make sure you are not riding on the stabilizer, if it has one. Ink on the stabilizer will tell you, WD40 sprayed on a paper towel will easily remove ink. I ink ever bevel and do a lap, it will tell you a lot about the razor, before you waste a lot of time and steel.