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I purchased a dovo stainless steel 5/8 razor and a 4000/8000 grit japanesse whetstone. I have honed it to the best of my ability and still can't pass the hanging hair test. I have heard that stainless steel take more honing than carbon steel. Are there any suggestions?
Have you tried shaving with it ?
if you search the forum for HHT you will find a ton of info suggesting that HHT does not indicate anything about how a razor would shave.Quote:
Originally Posted by pprisztas
Test shave to see how the edge really is.
^^^ Yeah, that ... but also, based on my personal experience, I find Dovo stainless extremely hard to hone properly, especially as a beginner. My No. 105 held a good edge for quite a while, but when it came time to rehone, it basically drove me nuts, although I was already doing fine with my carbon steel razors on the 4/8 Norton. I finally sent the Dovo to Lynn A., who kind of got an edge on it again, but did comment that far too much steel had been removed - which didn't surprise me, I must have had hundreds of laps on the darn thing.
Take it slowly, and best of luck!
Yes but I have to apply too much pressure. I will probably send it to lynn. Is there any suggestions on a good cheap carbon steel blade for a beginner to learn with?
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Originally Posted by pprisztas
Enjoy,
Jeff.
I had a 105 when I was learning to hone. It wasn't any harder than any other razor.
I'd still have it if there was more meat on the shank. 'just a bit hard to hole the tiny shank w/ large hands.
If you need a hand, PM me. 'Be glad to help.
Was for me! Honed it side by side on the same stones with a Carpe Diem and a Thiers Issard Evide Sonnant, which both came out fine shavers. Maybe I put a bad bezel on it, maybe just bad juju... and maybe stainless steel can be just a leetle trickier, especially for beginners, than carbon?Quote:
Originally Posted by pinklather
Thanks to all who responded. Great forum. It's nice to be able to ask a question and people don't treat you like an idiot.
I would try adding more laps on the 8K than you would expect to need. I like the DOVO Best Quality carbon razors. There are several good vendors, in that I mean the razor would already arrive well honed, such as Straight Razor Designs you might consider.
Yeah, I have been looking at classic edge col conk carbin steel. They come shave ready. They hone them before shippment, so I can have a standard to what shave ready is. So when I do hone I can have an understanding of what I am trying to accomplish. I really want to develope the skills to take care of my instruments. I have purchased and watched the world of straight razor shaving by lynn abrams. I will watch it again and again. even though I have not achieved a good shave yet but, have become addicted to it already. I figure that my dovo stainless will be used for practice and will wreck the fin. When I can properly take care of a straight razor I might move on to a hart steel razor, just because they are american made. Thank you for the advice.
Cool, and good luck. I'm not familiar with Classic Edge. Let us know how it goes.
Changed my mind and went with a straight razor design dovo best quality. Look forward to recieving it.