Thread: Rounded stones...

So I was tooling around on Dovos web site, and noticed something interesting.

You know the synthetic stone they use after the mechanical sharpener we have seen in the "how its made" video? the stone is round, somewhat like a sword polishers stone...

You can clearly see it on their web site home page, where the advertisement keeps going by. It is the second one. The stone is CLEARLY rounded over, to the point where it looks intentional. I was thinking... that would really be interesting to try out, you could pin point exactly where you are sharpening the razor without wearing other parts of the blade...

Is their stone just incredibly out of flat, or is this an old way of doing things? here it is.


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Originally Posted by glytch5

The stone is CLEARLY rounded over, to the point where it looks intentional. I was thinking... that would really be interesting to try out, you could pin point exactly where you are sharpening the razor without wearing other parts of the blade...

No idea about Dovo's stone but you can know exactly where you are in contact with the hone on a flat hone. You can work specific parts of the edge on a flat hone without compromising the rest of the edge.

Bob

i see what you mean. I suppose it could be handy for a wonky blade but not a necessity. I'd rather have a flat stone for the sake of hitting everything at once. Like Bobh says, you can do the same thing with a flat stone.

I find almost none of my razors hit the stone all at once, that would mean they are perfect, its just not a perfect thing. What do you guys think about this though? Do you think the curving in the stone is intentional or not? Thanks.

Ever wonder why Dovo "shave ready" razors always need to be professionally honed on the first day you get them? now you know.

HAHAH. Good answer. I have owned 3 dovos that were NOT pro honed, out of the box 2 of them shaved great, one of them just okay. I know a lot of people have issues but mine have all been good.

I wonder about that photo and what does appear to be, hone wear on the spine. Perhaps it was just a stock photo, posted to the website and not a photo of the production process.

I don’t recall any New Dovo’s with spine wear, but then it is not something I look for, specifically.

Of new one’s I have honed, they run the gamut on edge readiness and geometry. Some pretty close, some… Not so much.

Convex hones were common to hone razors back in the day. Both my Dad and grandfather used a convexed Thuri and Ark to hone their razors. Unbelievable edges and bevels. I used them all the time. Unfortunate for me the disappeared in transit on a move across country along with some of their other shaving paraphernalia I had saved. I have dabbled in making some myself. A lot harder then you think. My old man could do it by hand with no jigs.

COOL! when I saw this, I thought it would make honing a razor much easier, because you can hit the razor wherever you want no matter how curvy it is. I would think something like a king stone would be a lot easier to convex because its so soft unlike naturals. I've been thinking of trying it with my king 6k.

Some years back there were a few folks around the forums who tried it with slices of, or whole stones and it was the rage for a while. I do not see anyone promoting the idea anymore.
Of course, there is the advantage of localized attention and a higher contact pressure, but there are a lot of things that can quickly go wrong for the very same reasons.
~Richard