Thread: 10k messed up my edge!

Look at the rough gouges above the first "o" of Dovo. If your honing chewed up the spine that badly, imagine what it did to your edge. Either your hone is quite rough or else you did a lousy job (no offense) of keeping the razor flat on the hone.

None taken. I suppose I just didn't appreciate the skill required to hone these things. If I found a honemeister, do you think they would be able to hone it back into good shape?

Absolutely!

And easily.

Okay - well that makes me feel a lot better. After looking at that spine wear I thought I had screwed up the geometry of the blade. Anyone know of a good honemeister in the DFW area? I'd rather take it somewhere and save on the time and cost to ship it. I'm in Fort Worth, personally.

My advice would be to send it back to Lynn for honing. Get some reasonably priced used razors, ebay, classifieds, antique stores ....... get a few. Lap your waterstones, practice honing with the 'cheap' razors. Use your pro honed razor as a benchmark for your own efforts.

If you buy 'cheap' razors, make sure they are in really good condition. No cracks, chips in blade or scales, no significant honewear. You can find obscure Solingen razors on the bay fairly reasonable. Never take your only shaver and hone it with no back up.

Please drag the edge of you fingernail lengthwise along what appears to be the rough area of the spine. Is it as rough as it appears to be in the image?

Yeah it's a combination of many things such as lack of skills and knowledge your hones and some basic things like being able to service your stones keeping them flat, even something as simple as taping your razor most people think they can hone a razor until they actually try it out, and looking at your razor that razor would be a walk in the park to hone for the majority of experienced honers.

That's fair enough. Lynn did a nice job the first time, so sending things to him would be a safe bet.

Now, just a quick side question about those hones if I do end up trying it out on a cheap one: When I lapped them with the "stone fixer" the texture of the stone changed from a smooth almost glassy finish to a kind of coarse finish with little spots on it. I've attached two photos for reference:

1K (UNLAPPED)


6K (LAPPED)


Also, Utopian, the spine doesn't feel rough at all. Just has a slight straight plateau section from what I assume is the stone cutting down on the spine.

What is a stone fixer ? A lapping plate ? What grit, brand ? Until you've gained some skill at honing one layer of electrical tape is a good thing ..... on the spine I mean

I linked it earlier, but here it is again. Its called a naniwa stone fixer (http://www.amazon.com/Naniwa-Stone-F...ds=stone+fixer)