Thread: Norton not Cutting

Originally Posted by DavidinTexas

good point - I bought the blade from Vintage Blades LLC - so I understand that it should have come to me in good shape. It did seem to work well - until my poor stropping caused an issue.

David, If you haven't been taping the spine, and as you said, doing hundreds of strokes you can put a lot of wear on the spine, especially if your using pressure. If you get uneven wear on the spine it can be a real headache to fix. I recommend you use tape on the spine while learning to prevent the wear. After you've honed for awhile and become fairly proficient, then decide if you want to continue taping or not.

For right now it might be a good idea to send it out to be professionally honed again. You can find those services listed in the classifieds and vendors section, both linked below.

If you decide to continue, the others have given some good advice.

Originally Posted by Castel33

Sorry don't have any experience with them. But good starting point for you would be to email them and see if they used tape to originally hone the blade. If so you will have to ether use tape or reset the bevel without tape.

Vintage Blades LLC has Lynn do their honing, so tape wasn't used and I'm sure it was shave ready and correct to start.




Best Regards,
Howard

Edit: Here's a link to gssixgun honing videos. You'll find videos on most all the different hones, including the Nortons. Hope it helps.