Thread: Need some honing help please

A simple way to check where the scratches are coming from is to hone a different blade, but when you wipe the blade, first rinse it and use a new piece of toilet paper or paper towel to wipe it with. That should eliminate the types of scratching you are referring to. If it does, then you have been rubbing the blade face with 1K and 4K particles, and that has been creating the scratching. If that doesn't eliminate it, I'm officially stumped.

Hone on synthetics without slurry, and rinse the stone and razor as recommended and wipe the razor dry with a microfiber towel.

Sounds like too much slurry, wet the stone just enough to keep a sheen of water on the stone.

As indicated above, photos would help. Are these wedges? if not, I'm unsure how you're getting scratches on the body of the razor. My experience is that for any thing other than a true wedge only the spine and the bevel should touch the hone, unless you have a LOT of slurry.

I will try and get some picks of it up close and post them today. To answer a question asked, the scratches are going up the blade in the same direction as the stroke and no they are not wedge blades. I will see if i can get a good shot of my Double Duck that i scratched.

Ok so here is a set of picks of my double duck up close. You can see the scratch marks that are left behind after honing.

JDOC,

Photo 1 looks like you are hitting the stabilizer on the corner near the edge of the heel.

Do you have a photo of the stabilizer on the other side? That side seems to have more scratches that may be caused by the stabilizer as it drops off the edge of the hone and the razor hits the corner of the stone and scratching the belly of the razor. You may also notice that you are having problems honing the lower heel portion of the edge. It may be at times completely off the stone when it is riding on the stabilizer, preventing the edge from contacting the stone. An uneven bevel is also an indicator.

More photos of both sides will confirm this. You will see a shiny spot on the lower corner of the stabilizer where it is contacting the stone.

If so, the stabilizer will need to be reshaped so it does not interfere with honing of the heel.

Your heel also looks like it is in need of reshaping, that heel will cut you.

With that many scratches along such a long portion of the blade it looks like you may have taken a stroke or two off the end on the stone and let the blade drag across the edge of the stone. I am by no means an expert just stating my opinion based on what I see. Good luck in your search!!

Chris