Thread: Damn double stabilizing piece!

I had an issue when honing my razor this week. My razor has a double stabilizing piece (according to the wiki anatomy of a razor) that extend all the way to the razors edge. Now this "piece" is obviously thicker then the "hollowed ground" so do I grind that down as I hone the razor or do I hone only to the point that the double stabilizing piece meets the razors edge?

Can you post pictures please, it is difficult to understand what is going on based on what you are describing. Is the blade new or a restoration? If it is a restoration, or an older blade with a lot of hone wear, it is quite possible that you will need to make some modifications to the stabilizer. Here is a thread about it:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ing-heels.html

Sorry my iphone take horrible pictures not to mention close up pics. But you can see what I'm talking about.

I try to avoid honing shoulders when I hone blades that have them. It's not easy, though.

Originally Posted by Knife

I had an issue when honing my razor this week. My razor has a double stabilizing piece (according to the wiki anatomy of a razor) that extend all the way to the razors edge. Now this "piece" is obviously thicker then the "hollowed ground" so do I grind that down as I hone the razor or do I hone only to the point that the double stabilizing piece meets the razors edge?

With a small barber hone honing only to the area just short of the stabilizer is easy.
Knowing that it gets easy to do the same with a big modern water stone.

On some ugly old but no name blades I have buzzed the extra steel to make
honing a little bit more like my other blades. It is way too hard to refinish the
stabilizer area and make it nice so I would recommend honing just short of
the stabilizer for now.

Look for some of the "Closed" gold dollar threads. This is one of the
ugly bits associated with the GD. Some folk grind top and bottom thinning
and reshaping the stabilizer, some grind from the heal removing it a little or a lot.
I have taped the blade+spine and used heel forward handle down strokes on a DMT.

I would recommend honing just short of the stabilizer for now.

It will be sooooo much easier to hone & prevent developing a spur or frown at the heel if you 'fix' that stabiliser.
I would almost thumbnotch that one. Something like this.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

It will be sooooo much easier to hone & prevent developing a spur or frown at the heel if you 'fix' that stabiliser.
I would almost thumbnotch that one. Something like this.

I agree with Oz. Beautiful work by the way Mate
Glenn

I'll just add that stabilisers are there for a reason & that you can sometimes introduce a lot of flex in a blade by grinding them away but desperate situations sometimes call for desperate measures.

You have got a seriously worn out razor. If it were me I'd consider getting one in better condition.
Not that you can't make it to shave with some effort, if that's what you want, just that for me it'd be way past the point of diminishing returns.