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Originally Posted by outback
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Seems to be rather intense but also even.
Attachment 327647Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
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Seems to be rather intense but also even.
If you want to reliable service to hone your razors in Canada, while there are a few, I'm not bad, but I'd send your razor to Phil from The Classic Edge, Phil and Jane been around forever, have a great store with tons of great stuff, check it out and send Phil a note mentioned SRP...he's a member here as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by rickytimothy
https://classicedge.ca/
I see....its a Dovo.! Now I understand why the issues.
Their quality control.....well, it sucks, TBH.
every razor I've honed of theirs, including mine, has had issues with the stabilizer not being ground properly near the spine, which causes the heal to lift off the hone, and cause a frown in the blade.
Look how thick the blade is at the heal, compared to the toe. More like a wedge at the heal, and hollow ground at the toe. Kind of.
The main issue I've found was the shoulder of the stabilizer at the spine is not ground flat with the spine, it steps up as it flows into the tang.
You can see the heavy wear in the pic. By grinding that out ( as it is now) it will allow the blade to sit flat on the hone, as should be.
At least that's what I've ran into, with the dozen or so, I've honed. Don't see this with the vintage Dovos, just the more modern ones.
Yeah I think that's all that is. I remember that happening constantly when I took a shot at trying to hone it myself too, the heel just wanted to lift constantly. Seems like it's well set to be used for a long time now though.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
Oh ya now recommendations from a guy who doesn’t even know how to shave,
Hey man I would probably be decent at it now if I had a razor that cuts hair, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd
My opinion, you need to learn what a "shave-ready" razor feels like, and get about 50 shaves under your belt - then you'll know what your shooting for in honing a razor.
After awhile, you develop preferences for how you like your edges, I like mine finished on a Nani 12k then some laps on my Escher natural Thuri hone, puts a butter smooth edge on a Sheffield razor.
Send your razor to Classic Edge, Phil will take care of you, think of purchasing another shave ready razor, you want to have at least 2 to rotate, and concentrate on that, it's a wonderful journey, enjoy each step.
But shaving without a shave ready edge is not fun, so start with the fundamental, learn to shave, learn to strop, learn to lather and read and enjoy.
Yeah, will be a little while, just got it in working order for the first time.
I got one for him picked out and honed up. Sending that off this week. It took a while to pick one I think is without issues to make it more than just hone away. Funny, when you try to eliminate all the variables that complicate it you realize anew just how much there is to it. That's all the more reason that the OP should take Glen up on his zoom offer. Just sayin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
You da man Mike :tu:Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
I did the zoom session with Glen and learned a lot, it's still going to be a hot minute till I have the opportunity to really practice, given that my razor is professionally honed now and Paul's still hasn't arrived, not to mention the fact that I still need to learn how to properly shave with a straight to begin with, I have some razors to practice on though and am going to give it a shot in some other threads. Thanks guys!
I sent out a letter to Ontario the same day which took 3 weeks for delivery. There shouldn't be a big delay going through customs but it is a box inside a large envelope so it's hard to say. I checked the tracking and it's in parcel purgatory in some unspecified place and status. Sorry for the delays. I hate waiting for packages to arrive myself. That's the new normal I guess.
Yeah, I made a bunch of orders around Christmas time that would normally take about 1-2 weeks to get here and most of them took at least double that this year. Way she goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
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Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
Here it is! Looks extremely finely honed, should be great to practice on even compared to my now professionally honed dovo, almost zero spine wear, I'm impressed frankly that you even managed to find one in this good shape to begin with.
Well, 31 days is how long it takes to get a package from Florida to Winnipeg. Give that a quick strop on smooth leather because of the time it took but leave it at that for starters. Hope it shaves well for you.
I am sooo confused here...
So Glen did a zoom with you and now your razor is professionally honed.
Paul sent you a shaver he honed for you. Now you going to 'practice on it'?
Is it me?
Understandable, lol. Basically I assumed there was no one in my whole city willing to do it until I managed to suddenly track someone down after years of searching, so I don't need to try and restore the dovo by myself anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
But now I have a set of sharpening stones and an interest in sharpening so I'm just learning to sharpen correctly.
There is some missing information there. I sent him that one to practice with because it is one that removed stumbling blocks. I honed up to give him the idea of what it can shave like....
Can't speak to the rest of it.
Pretty much yeah. I have my Dovo razor and a bunch of brutal vintage razors, at the time my Dovo razor was pretty badly warped and all of the vintage razors are obscenely poorly honed, so it's very difficult to learn how to hone without a good frame of reference. Even though my Dovo unexpectedly is in good shape now, it would probably still be weird to learn on because the guy who did it was forced to do some extra techniques like rolling x strokes and grinding of the stabilizer to get it in reasonable shape.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
Really the fact that I found someone was pretty shocking though, I had been looking for literally years and live down the street from the most well known sharpener in my city, so if he couldn't do it there was good reason to believe he should know someone who does. The guy I eventually found had no advertising, not even a classified ad, and had never posted once on any local or more general forum, he was essentially impossible to track down without randomly stumbling into him through a local who happened to have a knife made by him.
Still Paul's gift is much appreciated and now I am committed to learning this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
He probably doesn't need or even want the publicity. Maybe has more.than he can do under the radar. Good that you found someone. Still, unless you want to be dependent on someone else it is good to be able to take care of your own honing needs. I believe in self sufficiency. Besides it is satisfying to make your way through the process by yourself. Learning to hone is a process and, I think, makes you more connected to the.process as a whole
Probably true, I wouldn't want to do it if I had a busy regular job or was already busy honing anyway. The sharpener down the street from me actually goes out of his way to not advertise because he's too busy from word of mouth already, doesn't want any more business. I wouldn't mind learning how to do it just for the sake of learning/knowing how to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
I cannot absorb. I always thought a shaver needs no work. Too many out there to hone.
Oh well. Par for the course?
What he had when I sent that was a Dovo that had spine problems and he was trying to hone it. I went through my collection and found him one with little to no hone wear, a round point so as to minimize cuts, a straight spine and bevel, no stabilizer, basically I tried to eliminate all the things that were going to stand in the way of learning to hone. Eventually it will need to be honed but for the moment I honed it to where he can easily see what it should shave like for the sake of comparison. Once it does eventually need honing it will be one that he will be able to have success with without running into a bunch of problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
