Thread: Dedicated Bevel Setting ....

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 .

Originally Posted by Schtoo

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.

Your post linking to the blog has been pulled for review by the mod team. Whether it will be restored remains to be seen. For those of us who are obsessed enough with this sport to have multiple bevel setters it seems the 1k Chosera is the most popular for those who have tried it. I have used the Shapton Pro 1 & 2k, Norton 1k, Naniwa 1k and finally the Chosera 1k. The Chosera is now my go to bevel setter. I don't even think twice. Only for razors though. I have no experience in sharpening tools. As with all aspects of wet shaving honing is a YMMV pursuit.

Originally Posted by Schtoo

(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.

Surely the differences are not off the wall but their consequences to the edge, spine wear & the final shave can be.
Best of luck & I bet you get as addicted as the rest of us