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01-11-2009, 06:18 PM #1
Problems with a wedge
I recently picked up a wade and butcher 6/8 wedge with a barbers notch at ebay.It looked like a mess, but not impossible to fix.I sanded of the spots and polished it down with sandpaper(Lots of elbow grease!)
It now looks good enough to become a shaver.I have no experience with honing a wedge, since this is my first.The edge was terrible, so I decided to "butter knife" it on my dmt 325.I then put on 3 layers of tape on the spine, and started making a new bevel on my dmt 325.The hone wear was uneven, so i tried using pressure at different spots to make up for it, it turned out ok.I continued with 400,800 and 1200 sanpaper,(since I don't have any hones of that grid yet.)And now I'm ready for some seriouse work on my norton 4000.I will keep one layer of tape all the way up to my shapton 16k, like I usually do.Here is my problem tough: I have established a new bevel,but its not uniform.The reason is the uneven hone wear and my lack of skill to completly make up for it.
What should I do now? Should I try taping the edge,and"hone" the spine back to correct proportions? Or should I try to use pressure at different spots like I have done? Or, as I have been wondering with all my razors, does it not matter so much? What I meen is: If you have an bevel that is not uniform, will you then manage to get it perfectly shave ready?
NB: when I say not uniform,I meen that the bevel is wider in some places.(At the middle at one side,and by the toe on the other.)
Thanks Kristoffer