Thread: C12k not restoring edge i think

I tried 50-75 laps on a C12k to refresh the edge on a razor that I think I dulled with stropping. It was professionally honed when I got it and very sharp. It pops arm hairs sometimes, depending on the hair length (won't get the short ones sometimes) and sometimes requires a little more pressure to do so (which I remember was not the case when it was shave ready).

The HHT is hit or miss, not that I really believe it anyway, but it would always pass easily when I received it...

Should I try more laps on the 12k? With or without slurry? What kind of pressure? Tape the spine? Felt w/ TI paste on it? CrOx?

Or are we looking at a need for a total bevel reset in which case I'd need to get a Norton 4/8?

Thanks

I have found that if an edge gets rolled during stropping, I need to reset the bevel. It's hard to tell what you will need, because the amount of damage you can do on a strop varies so widely.

If you're not getting there with what you are doing, take it one step more aggressive. I would recommend trying with slurry and then diluting it to just water. But don't be surprised if you need to go to a lower grit; the C12k is still slow with slurry.

12K is too high a grit to reset a bevel and resharpen a razor, the Chinese 12K is also very slow. Naniwa 1 K is the best bevel setter I have.

The Norton 4/8K can set a bevel, especially with slurry and then you can make a razor shave ready with it too.

A coticule can hone a razor from start to finish.

Either one would work.

You can try more laps on ch12.
it will be better contact with the person who honed your blade.
Ask about tape.
if it is not taped you don't have to tape now.
You can try more laps on 12. there is should be no pressure.
I absolutely agree with Nick about 4/8k stone.
it is so handy stone i bought 7 years ago and steel using it even i have couple more different stones.
Sooner or later you will need use lower grit stone then ch12. May be this is the time go for it.
hope this helps.

I hate to admit it but I agree with hi_bud_gl. Try more laps on the C12K. If the edge can be rolled by stropping then the edge was too thin in the first place and you bent over and broke off a bur. That means you need to restore the fine bevel/edge. If that finer stone doesn't work you can always go to the "coarser" Norton water stones.

When I get one that is buggered up like that I just start from scratch. 600 diamond, 1200 diamond, 4K, 8K, then what ever finishing stones I think the blade will work best with. You will be honing for a few days to reset the bevel on a 12K