Thread: Can't quite get there.

I have a Joseph Rodgers & Sons wedge that I have been trying to hone, but no matter what I do it never seems to get any further than being able to cut the odd arm hair. I have tried going back to coarser grit hones. I have tried different types of hones (its been a good excuse to buy some new hones). I have tried barbers hones, pasted paddle strops and even pasted leather hanging strops.
When I look at the edge very closely (I only have a good magnifying glass, no loop or microscope) it looks like there is double bevel about the width of a hair, but I can't seem to get rid of it.
I want to know, if I give it five to seven laps on a barbers hone and about 50 laps on a leather strop, maybe about two times every day, will it eventually get to shave ready or will I just frustrate myself and ruin both hone and blade?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Maybe someone has previously honed it using tape on the spine. Use the marker test to see if your honing is reaching the edge. As it's a wedge it might be a good idea to use tape anyway.

Sounds like a bevel reset and working up from there to me.

If you do not get a nice even sharp bevel on the course stones, you are in for a world of frustration.

I say drop down and maybe use the marker test to see if you are hitting the entire blade.

if you can give to us a little more information then we could help better. what stone do you use for set a bevel. taped blade or not ?what did you use next how many laps etc etc.
whole process if you describe i am sure we will guide you right direction.
I can say so far wedge will take at least twice as much time as hallow blade will. Now if you are going from one grit stone to another too early then it will really time consuming.gl

I agree, sounds like a bevel reset job. Its a wedge too so bevel setting takes 100x longer.

Yes, if you keep at it with the barber's hone it will eventually become sharp, but how much patience do you have? Besides, it could take centuries at the rate the barber's hone cuts.

If you don't want to deal with it, I'm probably going to start offering limited free honing services to new members soon. So if you want me to, I can take a look at it for you and send it back sharp.