Thread: Dedicated Bevel Setting ....

Originally Posted by Schtoo

Hmm...

I'm just about to run out the door, but if any of you are willing to wait until this evening/tomorrow, I'll be able to provide some food for thought on #1000 grit stones/plates.

I've only got 19 or so of them, all thoroughly tested, most with documentation and a mostly written up explanation (4 parts) of the findings.


I'm quite sure some will not agree with what I've found, but that's ok.

(Especially when the Chosera doesn't even rank in the top 5 without even taking into account it's price. Sorry.)


Stu.

Interested to hear more on this...

Originally Posted by Harvitz81

Interested to hear more on this...

+1... Tho we may need to read between the lines a little if you're testing is not on razors Yes... Some of us are cheeky buggers

Look forward to your input & welcome to SRP Schtoo.

I am very interested in it too, it will be a good read wether it was tested with razors or not

Originally Posted by onimaru55

+1... Tho we may need to read between the lines a little if you're testing is not on razors Yes... Some of us are cheeky buggers

Look forward to your input & welcome to SRP Schtoo.

Yeah, after posting that last night I thought if this is for knives than that is a different story. Whereas I know the Bester's are highly regarded for knives, you don't see them mentioned much for straights.

Since Schtoo declared in his first post that he does not shave with a straight, yes I think the assumption is correct that his experience is related to tool sharpening. We're going have to convince him to try a razor!

The suspense is killing me!

I will sift through it tonight, but I will warn you that a link to a vending site is not allowed unless you are an approved vendor. For that reason you probably will have to do a "workaround."

Regarding your statement razor honing will be easy because of your tool honing experience, that may or may not work out for you right away. The forum has encountered many (seriously, many) people who have made the same "a blade is a blade" comment and then they struggled making their razor comfortable. Hopefully you will be an exception.

A very good comparison at first sight, I will read it fully when I have the time to. But looking at the diagrams and testing, I don't think it will be good for judging them for straights.

Yeah, I suspected as much.

The blog is stand alone, but it's linked into the store as well. Perhaps it's ok, perhaps not. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough.

I very much dislike doing a hard sell at any time for any reason. Even when questions come in through my little store, I can't do a hard sell. I just let folks know what's what, and let them make their own decision. When the posted rules of a forum state that one must not link to their own selling site, I've never gotten a warning for it before and really hoping to not attract my first here.

A work around would be a nightmare, and if it was needed, the wait might be a very, very long one.


I must say it is interesting how different forums react to those who sell things. I suppoe it boils down to what past experiences have been on that forum.


A blade is a blade? Nope, not really. Learned that from working over knives after woodworking tools. What works well for a knife may be terrible for a tool, and vise versa but that's more feeling and preference.

There just isn't enough metal in a razor to start running into the problems that putting 4-6 square inches of hard steel on a stone does. But at the same time, what that much hard steel does to a stone is vastly different to what a very small surface area will enact. Some stones don't care one way or another, others get all uppity at either end of the scale, be it lots of metal or a little. Obvious example of this is how well liked Naniwa Superstones are here with razors, but how largely inadequate they are with anything other than microbevels with tools. I like Superstones, but there's no way in the world they're "fast".


We shall see what happens when I stick a razor on stone.

(I got no surprises when I put knives to stone, all warnings to the contrary, which is why I'm not expecting anything unusual with razors. Different, yes? Completely off the wall different? Not really.)

Wish me luck!

Stu.

I dont have any of the bevel setting stones you guys mentioned above, but when i had my first straight razor i did the newbie thing and hit it off the faucet.

I only had a lansky knife sharpening stone set so i took the 1000 to work out the chip, after that i sent it out to get fixed since i knew i couldnt do much with it .