why wont my razor sharpen!?
hey guys i have a crappy b&b razor i got for doin exactly this. PRACTICING HONING! i have a 1000/4000 grit norton waterstone that i try to sharpen it with. i worked witht he 1000 then when i thought it was sharp enough i went to the 4000 but it just wont sharpen! its not even close to shaving sharp. def didnt work with the hanging hair test. i followed the techniques of a bunch of videos i saw and i thought i did everytihing right it just wont get sharp i worked on it painstackinlgy for like an hour checking it constantly and it never got sharp?!?! : ( pelease help
I cant sharpen my razor properly! help!
hey i posted this before but now i have pictures. but basiccaly i have a crappy B&B razor that i wanna sharpen and i have a 1000/4000 norton. ive watched every video there is and read every article and cannot get it to eve come close to shaving sharp get a straight edge. my edge goes farther up the blade is some places and lower in others! i cant get it even and this is the second blade ive tryed it on. the edge is always higher (as in closer to the spine) then it is anywhere else andt hats the only place is ever becomes remotely sharp. i do X patterns and sometimes i also just do straight down. here are some pictures as u can see if u look closely ther blade is not even at all and i dont kno why this happens. however the side with the lettering the blade IS even? my stone is brand new, just received it yesterday and the way im holdinjg in the pic is not how i hold it while honing it was simply to show u the blade and how it rests on the stone. please help a newbie! i would like th shave witht his thanks : )
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