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Well, I went to a local knife shop, and had them hone the blade to shave ready. He uses a straight razor too. And went back home to shave. But I got half way through the shave, and the blade wouldn't cut through anything. At that point do I need to strop it again? Or what?
Expound on what you mean by "wouldn't cut anything". Are you saying it pulled at hair, or just clean passed over them without pulling at all? Can it bite into your thumb skin if you lightly try to shave a little skin off?
You should strop every time before you shave, and some people do it after they shave also.
he may have over honed it making the edge to thin you might try stropping on a pasted strop then hit the leather about 75 laps if that dont work you might want to think about sending to a honemeister on this site :gl:
Passed over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quick Orange
Well he said polish it, so I'm assuming he hit it with a pad. And then stropped it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jszabo
What did he hone it on and how well was it stropped?
Sounds like it might be over honed. Strop the hell out of it (carefully) and try again.
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I dunno, he said he'd do what he typically does to his straight razors when he gets new ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Did you strop prior to shaving and if so how much? A freshly honed razor needs more than 20-30 laps , I usaually do at least 100 on linen and the same on leather after honing.BTW is you razor new or used, if he did what he always does with a new razor, it might not be enough for an older razor thats been banging around for 50 yrs.. He may neven have honed it like a knife, another member here recently let a retail shop hone his razor and jacked it up good, it took me a good while to get it up to par.
at least im not alone on my theroryQuote:
Originally Posted by xman
I'd call him up and ask him what, exactly, that entails, step-by-step. And if he gives you attitude, go somewhere else next time (like one of the fine folks on this board.)Quote:
Originally Posted by stdreb27
Dang, it's good to be back!
Nice to see you again!! I am glad us loud, crude, and boisterous men didn't chase you off!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by YesSheDoes!
Try stropping it a lot. Unfortunately, I don't think it bodes well that the edge doesn't even catch your hair. I hate to say it, but there are a lot of "knife guys" out there that use straights, but treat them like their knives. It's simply a different animal. If stropping doesn't make it better, check this list of honemeisters out for someone that for sure knows what they're doing: Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds
It was a simple polishing wheel. Like the ones you see on a bench grinder. Left the rubbery melted residue on the top of the blade.Quote:
Originally Posted by YesSheDoes!
You are probably right on this. I have a strop in the mail. Anyone local to houston that you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Quick Orange
That guy should not be allowed near a straight!
That's an interesting method! Now we've established it doesn't work for razors at least you can get something done about it. I'd imagine it'll need re-honing after that kind of abuse. I'd contact the nearest reputable honemiester you can find on here.
na he is a knife guy, and a good one too. No need to be hating on him. Especially since he didn't charge me for anything. And gave me a bunch of stuff to take care of the blade as far as rust protection.Quote:
Originally Posted by flyboy
Although you are probably right this isn't his area of expertise.
That's a nice attitude. No harm done in the long run, i hope, so what does it matter. Hope you get it to a shave ready standard very soon, by which time the strop will have arrived. Which one did you go for?
The IL 827 from the knife center. Should be good to start out with. Plus I'm paying for a new tranny in my wife's mazda. So I didn't have a lot of $$ to throw around.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben.mid
I bought that exact strop about six months ago, its been great and great value too!Quote:
Originally Posted by stdreb27
Not that I'm aware of, but regular first class mail can typically make it across the country in 3 days, so you shouldn't be without it long.:gl:Quote:
Originally Posted by stdreb27
But it would be nice to learn from someone why they work on my blade.:hmmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Quick Orange