i have heard this term many times, but i would like to know what i means
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i have heard this term many times, but i would like to know what i means
Themagicturtle,
Another SRPer with more experience will respond to your post, but I believe it refers to using a hone, or sandpaper, or DMT 325 to return a straight razor's blade to its unhoned state. That is to make it dull.
Its used to remove chips and/or other imperfections from a blade prior to attempting to put an edge on it.
A synonym for 'stupidity'. Not really, it is the extreme measure of taking a razor, usually with a bad chip, and putting it on a hone as if the rock was a loaf of bread and you are cutting it. Purpose is to more quickly remove metal to get past the damaged portion. A better approach is to hone the damaged blade at a slight angle without the spine making contact. Once past the damage .... chip or whatever , use one layer of tape and begin to restore the edge with the spine making contact.
Literally using the blade as though it was a breadknife, the 'bread' being the hone. Like cutting a loaf of bread.
gssixgun Restoration Breadknifing part 1.wmv - YouTube
That is part one of three on breadknifing/blade restoration it explains it and all the different degrees of it
I've used breadknifing in the past to remove chips, but I've tried it by just honing the blade at lower (220) grits. The latter way is quicker. Breadknifing is just dulling the blade and doesn't seem right somehow.
now that you have the correct answers to the question i can inject a touch of humor...
"breadknifing" is a S&M version of "spooning".... :D
Its an extraction device for annelids contained in an aluminum encarceration facility.
As others have said, it is a waste of time. I like to drop down to a ver low grit as Ace described and just hone beyond the imperfection and then move up the grits in the normal fashion. When you use the breadknife technique you are creating unnecessary work, first you destroy the entirety of the edge and then you have to totally re create a bevel. It is much simpler and easier to hone at a lower grit using the existing bevel.
Bread-knifing goes against all the laws of nature and man. In order to legally do it you need a special permit which is about as easy to get as getting a permit to carry a handgun in New York City. As I recall the last guy who used it, well, after the SRP Police paid him a visit, he was never quite the same.:rofl2: