Thread: Dear Mr Honemeisters

So I keep on seeing small chips with the loupe (40x).Really about the width of a piece of hair. How the hell do I get them out? Work them out with a Norton 8k? Did I do a bad job setting the bevel? WTF? I am gonna throw my hone at the wall soon.

Crazy in North Carolina

In my opinion you have two options right now

#1 add a layer of tape and see if that will help. -sometimes the steel can't take the angle and support the edge so you may see microchipping.
#2 run the razor gently on the side corner of the stone to reset the edge then hone up from 1k.

Did you start out without any micro chips and only began seeing them while honing on up ? I've never not been able to get past micro chipping with normal honing progressing 1k, 4k and on. Talking with a 40k stereo microscope and a 30x loupe.

I do remember Joe Chandler getting them when honing some real hard Solingen made blades. He went to a Tam to get past that IIRC. Maybe it is the hone/razor combo ?

I should add that is is an older extra hollow razor that has already seen a fair amount of use over the years. The spine is fairly worn and flat. Not extremely worn out but it was well loved by the original owner.

This is also a Joseph Allen IXL, so I guess fairly soft steel

Throwing your hone at the wall doesn't help. Hone it out using no weight, an x pattern, and patience. Don't let the razor "land" on the hone during the flip. It must touch down gently.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Did you start out without any micro chips and only began seeing them while honing on up ? I've never not been able to get past micro chipping with normal honing progressing 1k, 4k and on. Talking with a 40k stereo microscope and a 30x loupe.

As far as I could tell there were no microchips when I received the razor. However, at the time I did not have a really powerful loupe. I just had 20x Radio Shack loupe. I did not see any at the time with the 20x.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Throwing your hone at the wall doesn't help.

IDK, it sometimes seems like it would help for some reason.

Originally Posted by Mephisto

I should add that is is an older extra hollow razor that has already seen a fair amount of use over the years. The spine is fairly worn and flat.

I agree with Stefan. If you don't do both #1 & 2, I think the tape will make a big difference. With quite a bit of spine wear on an extra hollow blade I'd probably go 2 layers of tape. With an extra hollow (mighty thin blade) and spine wear you're getting a really thin edge that's also wider than normal. Narrowing the bevel should add strength to the edge. Just IMO.

Howard

Like others have said, a few runs across the edge of the hone, add tape (maybe 2 layers) and start over at 1k. The hone wear is causing the edge to be to thin

If this is the only razor that you have noticed this problem with, then maybe we have a steel issue here???

then,,,,,

It could be like that 3am bar encounter; don't look too close or it can ruin the rest of the morning when you sober up.