Thread: Tested with Coticule Razor Honing, fine linen Strop.Toilet paper cutting test.+HHT.

Originally Posted by Grazor

I think the op means micro chips like the tnt but using t paper?
Something getting lost in translation.

Maybe so but I just don't see the need for these tests at end stage of honing especially not the tnt test unless the razor is problematic.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Maybe so but I just don't see the need for these tests at end stage of honing especially not the tnt test unless the razor is problematic.

Mainly because the HHT test can't understand the current state of the "micro chips" at the edge, so I added a toilet paper cutting test to my own test, and I can understand the edge directly without a magnifying glass.

Originally Posted by TMILO

Mainly because the HHT test can't understand the current state of the "micro chips" at the edge, so I added a toilet paper cutting test to my own test, and I can understand the edge directly without a magnifying glass.

There's my problem. I can't hone without magnification

Originally Posted by onimaru55

There's my problem. I can't hone without magnification

All tests will have a way everyone is used to,
There's no right or wrong, it's a good thing everyone finds a fringe they like and enjoys shaving time.

Originally Posted by Grazor

I think the op means micro chips like the tnt but using t paper?
Something getting lost in translation.

Thank you.
I used "micro chips" instead.

I find this a valuable tool when honing. I wouldn't be without it.

Originally Posted by Tathra11

I find this a valuable tool when honing. I wouldn't be without it.

This is my magnifying glass, I rarely use it when I'm used to using the toilet paper cut test + HHT.

I like to see what I'm doing too

Originally Posted by Tathra11

I find this a valuable tool when honing. I wouldn't be without it.

I have the Belomo 10x as well, and I never hone a razor without my loupe handy, and a bright light. The field of view is perfect, and the generous stand-off distance allows more light to get to the viewed area, and helps to minimize contact with the edge. I have yet to find another loupe or microscope that works better.

I think Oz nailed it

The idea of the TP test is not foreign to us, it is a viable test at the bevel set, in fact it is pretty well documented here in many old threads...

Most of us use other tests for Bevel Setting, but the TP tests works very well for finding issues with the edge leaving tiny little White Flags to point out the issues..

Where the divergence comes from is that most all of us shy away from "Edge Touch" tests after the bevel is well and properly set.. There should be no Microchips, once the bevel is set properly, so touching the edge makes many of us squeamish

Some still use the HHT, most understand that it is only a personal indicator of "Sharpness" and that a shaving edge must not only be sharp but Smooth..
The other thing that is rather foreign to us is using a Slicing test on an edge designed for a Push Cut.. Honestly we have seen crazier stuff over the years, there were people out there Slicing Tomato skins and Peeling Grapes too