Thread: Newsprint on Glass

Originally Posted by izlat

I was actually doiong it edge leading (vs stropping motion)

It works a bit faster if you do it edge-leading, but you get the same results either way and you're less likely to make a mistake if you do it edge-trailing.

I'm not really a sharpness fanboy so I'm not sure I'll be doing this on every razor but it certainly kicked this one example up to where it needed to be.

I also recall it working faster if there were a photo on the top sheet, I think the ink really helps.

Yes on all counts, Michael

1) Stropping motion is less involved
2) I seem to get great shaves even with razors, which aren't scary sharp
3) The more ink (photo) - the faster it works

Cheers
Ivo

I just want to thank Justin for starting this thread -- very informative.





Justin

Here's a question: How do you manage to go edge first without ripping the newsprint? Any special way of adhering the paper to the glass (or whatever).

Here's another: Any benefit to using a slightly softer surface ?--maybe would polish a little faster with the stropping motion used.


Justin

Ya gotta keep it flat :-)

I use a lapped tile, and tape one side of the paper on the back of the tile, wrap it around tightly and tape it again on the other.

You don't want to get too soft a substrate, the paper itself compresses a bit.

Besides, it's not like hones compress any...

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Here's a question: How do you manage to go edge first without ripping the newsprint? Any special way of adhering the paper to the glass (or whatever).

Here's another: Any benefit to using a slightly softer surface ?--maybe would polish a little faster with the stropping motion used.


Justin

Lol!

Light even pressure, paper on the corner of my desk with a book, folder, etc at one end (sth heavy) and free on the other = no shredding

With softer surface it may be easier to catch the leading edge but should work ok for stropping motion

I would also like to thank Justin for starting the thread

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by mparker762

Ya gotta keep it flat :-)

Besides, it's not like hones compress any...

Thanks for the info on keeping the paper taut

I agree hones do not compress but strops do --- and I believe in general the softer the strop surface, the faster the compound will cut (hone, polish) . So maybe if you use a slightly softer surface and use a stropping motion, then you can cut down on your stropping time --- just wondering --- please be gentle.

Justin

Give it a try and let us know :-)

Originally Posted by mparker762

Give it a try and let us know :-)

Sounds like a plan -- not an immediate one ---but a plan. thanks.


Justin

You might want to try wrapping the newspaper around the hone several times - that will give you a softer strop and it would be easy to vary the amount of cushion.