Thread: Honing a single edge?

I bought a single edge from ebay, but I find it very hard to hone. If I only hone on the hollow side, the other side builds up this little metal curve, like I guess you can experience with overhoning.

But on the flat side its not so flat at all, and I find this side hard to hone, because I have to hold the edge at an angle on the hone.

How should I hone a single edge?

(and when sharpened, how should I shave with it? Only using the hollow side?)

PS: Sorry if wrong place for thread.

Do you have the link from Ebay? That would help a lot.

Is one side flat and the other side concave? If so then you have a microtome, not a straight razor. The microtome is used in a laboratory for making small thin slices from a tissue sample to place under a microscope.

Hope this helps,

Vintage KOCH & CO Mircoscopic Germany Straight Razor on eBay, also Straight Razors, Shaving, Vanity, Perfume Shaving, Collectibles (end time 30-Jun-08 01:49:10 BST)

You are right - it actually does say that its a microscopic section cutter.

The picturelink does not work anymore I am affraid.

Don't worry, a bunch of us have made the same mistake!

Just clean it up and it is a good conversation piece.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Don't worry, a bunch of us have made the same mistake!

Just clean it up and it is a good conversation piece.

Oh how wrong you are my friend. I am honing this to shave with - if its the last thing i do!

Its quite hard to work with on the stones, so far I have used about 6 hours honing it. I have gotten to the point where I am on the 8 k stone. Im thinking it might take about 10.000 strokes, I have done 500 so far.

Then againg - it might not work at all, but I will give it a try.

You could try building up some tape on the flat side as sort of a spine that would cut down on the material you would have to remove during honing.

I seem to remember about a year ago someone posted a picture of a razor they had made out of thin metal - and had made it into a frameback by soldering on a piece of copper tubing. Pershmaps you can solder on a strip of metal onto that flat side...that is if your intention is to make this into a permanent shaver.

Originally Posted by The_Pastor

Oh how wrong you are my friend. I am honing this to shave with - if its the last thing i do!

Its quite hard to work with on the stones, so far I have used about 6 hours honing it. I have gotten to the point where I am on the 8 k stone. Im thinking it might take about 10.000 strokes, I have done 500 so far.

Then againg - it might not work at all, but I will give it a try.