Thread: Would 6000 to 12000 work?

I soak mine for the recommended five minutes. That seems to be enough. When I'm honing I dribble water on them with my hand every 20 laps or so.

Originally Posted by SuperSpeedRacer

I soak mine for the recommended five minutes. That seems to be enough. When I'm honing I dribble water on them with my hand every 20 laps or so.

Just wanted to make sure. Once they stone drinking water, they're good.

And breadknifing will definitely chew up that hone.

Ah, is that why it isn't recommended? I breadknifed my razors on the bottom of a pint glass.

Originally Posted by SuperSpeedRacer

Ah, is that why it isn't recommended? I breadknifed my razors on the bottom of a pint glass.

What you did is commonly called "Killing the Edge" it can lightly be done on a Glass or Bottle, a stone, or even a Thumbnail, Breadnifing in general is used for extreme re-contouring of chips and frowns, and can be done in stages... It is however an extreme solution to an extreme problem, and not advisable in any other case..


Killing the very edge can be a useful tool, many think it is unnecessary, you are going to have to decide

Originally Posted by SuperSpeedRacer

Ah, is that why it isn't recommended? I breadknifed my razors on the bottom of a pint glass.

It's just not recommended for beginners, mainly because it's used when it isn't needed. The reason being, bread knifing is used in restorations, not honing, and should only really be used to remove large chips, heavy damage, etc.

What you did wasn't breadknifing though, it's what's referred to as "killing" an edge.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

What you did is commonly called "Killing the Edge" it can lightly be done on a Glass or Bottle, a stone, or even a Thumbnail, Breadnifing in general is used for extreme re-contouring of chips and frowns, and can be done in stages... It is however an extreme solution to an extreme problem, and not advisable in any other case..


Killing the very edge can be a useful tool, many think it is unnecessary, you are going to have to decide

you beat me to it :P

Oh, okay. I just killed the edge so I could start fresh to make sure that it was actually me that was seeing the bevel and getting the blade shave ready.

What's breadknifing then?

P.S. gs, I need to thank you for your videos. I used them to go from never honed anything but pocket knives to getting a really comfortable shaving edge on all my razors in a week and a half. I have tons to learn still but I feel confident that I will have no problem refreshing and repairing my razors now unless I do something completely stupid to one of them.

Originally Posted by kwlfca

you beat me to it :P

LOL Gssixgun is quick on the draw

Originally Posted by kwlfca

Out of curiosity, are you guys soaking your taidea stones?

Also, if you haven't read this already, check it out Honing a damaged blade - Straight Razor Place Wiki

here... :P

Here is another one too

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...l-setting.html

With pretty pics hehehe