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06-11-2008, 06:01 AM #1
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Thanked: 2204I am working on one like that now. I have tried using 2 layers of tape but still the edge does not make contact!
The multiple layers of tape route was considered but the thought of having to retape before each stropping was unappealing.
My solution is to just keep on honing with the coarse stuff and one layer of tape until the bevel is correct.
Someone had cleaned up this razor really nice but had also rounded the edge quite a bit in the process.Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin
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06-11-2008, 04:13 PM #2
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The multiple layers of tape route was considered but the thought of having to retape before each stropping was unappealing.
My solution is to just keep on honing with the coarse stuff and one layer of tape until the bevel is correct.
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That's exactly what I do as well. I will not use more than one layer of tape just for the sake of speed in the honing process.
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06-14-2008, 01:48 PM #3
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Thanked: 150Put another check in the "reset" the bevel column.
Just go back down to one (or two if you want) layers of tape and hit the DMT 1200. You may have to retape the spine occasionally as the tape wear down, but it really is the best solution, no regrind necessary.
Oh, and if its a true wedge, you'll have to put the tape in the exact place every time you tape it, since the edge of the tape is what contacts the honing surface on a true wedge (maybe you've already noticed that). But if there is any concavity to the blade you should be fine.
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06-14-2008, 07:20 PM #4
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Thanked: 735I'd say jettison the tape and hone that thang until it is totally reset. It's a big hunk of metal and can handle some heavy duty honing with low grit stuff to get it in line.
But, to each his own! Taping is certainly an effective way to get a shaving edge, but then you pay for that ease of honing with the difficulties of maintaining that beveled edge. Pay now, or pay later I suppose...
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06-15-2008, 02:06 AM #5
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06-18-2008, 06:26 PM #6
Honestly I think regrinding sounds good. It isn't a bad thing to regrind a razor. It usually ends up better off in my opinion. Otherwise I'd go with the one layer of tape idea to get a good bevel. Five is way too much.
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09-20-2008, 08:30 PM #7
I have a W&B wdge I got rom HeavyDuty...Heavy, I think it has been used enough to warrant going back to a BB and Coticle...how should I approach this? "To tape or not to tape, that is the question....."
Awesome shaver by the way....