Thread: ONE COTICULE HONING

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

I have to show this and hope this helps a little more .
your picture after setting bevel adding 1 layers of tape will not do what you have shown on picture 3 and 4 but it will most likely will do process is shown below.i will attach picture.
I will answer all the questions which members asks from me but i am sure there is a lot more unhappy members will respond this. That is why i will wait a little longer.

this is what is i think and nothing else just to help each other and rest. I don't mean to disrespect to you or your ideas i just think it is wrong .

What I'm trying to illustrate with my drawing, is this:


Right of the slurry, the edge it not at very high keenness. It shaves but not very well.
Keeness is defined by the width of the line where both bevel faces meet each other.

After the slurry this line (the very tip of the bevel) still needs further refinement for better shaving performance.
If the spine is taped at that point, the honing angle becomes a bit steeper, and the hone will only affect the very tip of the razor. While honing with this new angle, the secondary bevel will grow from the very tip down. That's one thing I wanted to illustrate with the drawing. At the same time, the maximum refinement will be achieved gradually. If 3 layers of tape were applied, it would go faster and the new, secondary bevel would hit its limit sooner, hence with a narrower secondary bevel. That's something I also tried to reflect in the explanation that came with the drawing. I chose for one layer of tape, because it is a generally accepted honing technique, and because I got better results allowing the secondary bevel growing a bit wider. I believe this way the Coticule with water can sneak slowly up to its maximum keenness level.


[drawing by hi_bud_gl, in a previous post]

Once the edge has reached its finest limit on the hone in use, it indeed would start to move backwards, making the entire blade microscopically narrower. If I read it correctly, this is what your drawing shows, and actually mine too, is you compare the height of the red peak with that of the green peak. This is normal for all honing, unless you could manage to stop at the exact stroke when the edge hits its maximum keenness level.

Best regards,
Bart.