Thread: Honing TI "special coiffeur 1937" - double bevel on one side!

Originally Posted by Slant-Fan

Thanks gentlemen for the replies. I worked on it for an hour and a half and got all but a small amount towards the heel out.I started out doing bevel setting circles on a Norton 4K but I wasn't making progress so I went to the 1K. I worked both sides and under magnification I could see light at the end of the tunnel.

Now I am just honing on the 4K again and i will continue until I can pop hairs on my forearm then I will do a pyramid 4K and 8K and then go to a 12 and 15K that I recently acquired. I am finding that a magic marker and a 14 power eye loupe are great assets for sharpening razors. I am lucky in that I live near an experienced straight razor honer/restorer and I have seen him set bevels so between that and Lynn's excellent DVD I may get it right.

This particular TI must have left the factory like this with the double bevel being on the one side and pretty severe. Must have been ground on a Friday right before quitting time.

The edge off a 4k probably won't pop hairs, it'll shave em off your arm, but won't do much of anything to a free hanging hair.

What kind of 15k? That's an unusual grit number.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

The edge off a 4k probably won't pop hairs, it'll shave em off your arm, but won't do much of anything to a free hanging hair.

What kind of 15k? That's an unusual grit number.

It is a Shapton Professional. I got a 12K Shapton Pro from Japan Woodworker and then my honemiester friend and neighbor Chris, (Ranat1 on B&B) sold me his lightly used Shapton 15K Professional as he is getting a 16K glasstone. I went with the Pro rather then the glasstone because of the 15mm thickness as opposed to 5mm honing surface of the glassstone. I have only honed a few razors with these as they are recent acquisitions. I had been using a Swaty for finishing but the Shaptons seem to be working really well for me. I am still developing my skills in honing.

Ah, yes, forgot about those. Sounds like a great setup!

Last nignt I worked on the TI for about an hour and half. I got back on it this morning and did another hour. I ended up doing 5 sets of 20 circles on the 1K Norton. If that sounds like a lot that is what it took. Every set of 20 I would check the bevel with a 14X eye loupe. I then did a large pyramid on the 4K/8K and finished on the 12 and the 15K. Stropped and got a pretty good shave but the razor needs a bit more attention. .I have a Corian base and magnetic felt on the way from HandAmerican along with some Chromium Oxide so as soon as I get it I will give that a try. My advice to Kingreverent is to send the razor out ot one of the honemiesters unless you have a background in advanced knife sharpening with hones. I have a lot of knife sharpening behind me but if I hadn't seen my friend Chris set bevels and work chips out of straights I wouldn't have had an idea of how to go about working that double to a single bevel. Anyhow it is doable.