Thread: 1st time honing

Originally Posted by robert2286

Indeed! I think i learned that from one of your videos in fact...!

Yes, now, against all my plans, now that I've acquired a Norton 4000/8000, a Naniwa 3k, and a Naniwa 12k, plus two razors from a local ad, I'm reading more and more about honing, and with each article, I get more and more lost...have watched some video's on using the coticule, the unicot and delicot(?) method, a blur of action and confusion for me...

So next step will be to watch a couple of Glen's video's and practice on the Timor, 6/8 "Blue Steel" razor (why do I think of the movie, "Zoolander"??) I got with the stones, seems to be a razor to somewhat avoid, it looks pretty though, haven't heard great things about them...the little 4/8 Kropp is nice in wood scales, seems to nice to destroy at my hands...so, guess I'll watch Glen's video's and if I don't get it perfect the first time, I'll blame him....

Lynn has alot of videos as well the nortons! I take bits and pieces of knowledge from all these great masters here and make my own process! Thats just me! Have fun honing

Originally Posted by monkeycam

Well I took the plunge and decided to hone as I can see my self using a straight for a long time

I have been shaving with straights for about 1 year and have 3 razors professionally honed so I have something to compare to

Well I got a Wilhelm webber aw part of a 4 razor lot on eBay none of the razors are any where near shave ready I got 2 x Bengall 1 Wilhelmina webber and a 7/8 Hugo koller ( I am saving that one until I learn to hone as it is the most interesting to me)

With the Wilhelm webber I honed I did the following
Spine no tape
King 1200 45 min to 1 hour to get the bevel set to my liking using x strokes and some circles
King 6000 about 10 min with care x strokes and circles no pressure
Paddle strop with bio diamond 1 nano
150 oases on unpasted strop

The shave is ok a little ruff compared to my other razors but usable.

I think I will try tape on next razor as there was more hone ware than I was hoping

I think I have done a better job on the heal than the rest of the razor so any feed back on how to get a better hone evenly across the blade would be appreciated

I think I could stand a 10k stone for maintenance and finishing but that will have to wait for a bit.

All in all I. Found out that honing and setting bevels takes time and patience, and there is a lot more involved in it than the videos show.

I think the best video for me is the one gssisgun made teaching a 1st timer how to hone as I discovered I had a lot of similar questions

I always use tape, especialy on hollow ground because I hate hone wear!