Thread: Dremel honing???

Originally Posted by seacaptainchris

screendoor/submarine!lol

Don't knock it, it keeps the fish out...

Darn. I was hoping for before/after pics of the dremel honed razor.

Oh I'm not going to attempt that haha.

Originally Posted by Spendiggity

This sounds Like a dumb question even to me, but I was wondering if anyone has even attempted it and what the results were. Have any of you used a dremel and the different sharpening attachments to try and hone a SR?

I used it once and it was great! A thumping great stone on a beaten old straight. We used it for a production of Sweeny Todd but still had to tape the edge several times to avoid killing the actors!

Originally Posted by Spendiggity

This sounds Like a dumb question even to me, but I was wondering if anyone has even attempted it and what the results were. Have any of you used a dremel and the different sharpening attachments to try and hone a SR?

You were correct.

Don't do it on any razor you might ever want to use or sell again, if you want to give it a try.
The only time I've done something like that is to reprofile a razor that was otherwise worthless. Breadknifing would have been another option but this was faster and I didn't have a beltsander at the time.

However, using a rotary tool directly on an edge is not a safe endaveour. Be very careful, and be prepared for potential destruction.
In any case, I wouldn't call it honing, as in 'making the edge useable for shaving'

Wow! I thought I was the only functional human out there that had even considered putting a Dremel attachment to an edge. All I can say is that the experiment lasted less than 15 seconds and I was damned lucky a shard of sharp steel didn't embed itself into one of my eyes! It was a beautiful blade with even more beautiful scales. Well at least I still have a very nice set of scales that I can use on a blade that deserves them. Nah don't do it. I'd have to rank that idea (when I had it) up there with buying an ebay SR without seeing a photo of the blade or maybe trying to sharpen a blade made with Pakistani steel. :-)

Well it does come with "sharpening" bits. I guess the right question to ask would be wth do you use them on haha

I have a Dremel & I think the bits you are talking about are more for grinding than sharpening, I could be wrong; you may have bits that I have not seen. Anyway grinding, as you know, is not really sharpening. You use the bits to grind off & smooth rough cuts, knock off burrs, anything that you don't have a better tool for & your not too worried about perfection.
Just my thoughts.

Dremels are good for sharpening chain saws, not knives!
Husqvarna chain saws that is, the king!

Going to try this later, pics coming