Thread: Starting bevel

I have a naniaw 400 and a 1000 among other stones. And I've never started a bevel nor do I know when a proper bevel is reached. I bought 2 gold dollars to practice on so I wanted to know for a good bevel setting what would you do on these stones strokes wise

Hi,

You can't go wrong by watching Lynn set a bevel here:




Also Gssixgun here:

Watching the video's is great...but FIND A HONING MENTOR!. Sitting down with a person who knows how to hone for a few hours will teach you more than a month of frustrations and trial with error. List your location on your member information. If you are near the Paris, TX/Hugo, OK area (or reasonable driving distance) please let me know and I will assist you. Sure, you can stumble along in the dark...but let some help you to the light...

Originally Posted by deejaykamoe

I have a naniaw 400 and a 1000 among other stones. And I've never started a bevel nor do I know when a proper bevel is reached. I bought 2 gold dollars to practice on so I wanted to know for a good bevel setting what would you do on these stones strokes wise

First off you should take a look at some of the GD restore threads and learn that 7/10 need to start with a Dremel and fixing the heel so they can sit on the hone correctly... Then you have the issue of the uneven spines on about 5/10 but that won't stop the bevel setting it will just make you wonder why your bevel is wavy... Or even better, do as Shooter mentions above and see if there is a mentor close, so he can show you those issues and explain why they are issues..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

First off you should take a look at some of the GD restore threads and learn that 7/10 need to start with a Dremel and fixing the heel so they can sit on the hone correctly... Then you have the issue of the uneven spines on about 5/10 but that won't stop the bevel setting it will just make you wonder why your bevel is wavy... Or even better, do as Shooter mentions above and see if there is a mentor close, so he can show you those issues and explain why they are issues..

+1...Glen and Shooter are right. Study the videos...DON'T JUST WATCH THEM! And a mentor will save you a lot of time trying to figure out all the things that are already figured out...

When I first started honing razors (after hand-honing knives for decades!) I literally 'honed along with Lynn and Glen, pausing the videos and then trying the technique that I just watched, then moving on to the next part of the video. It takes time and patience to want to learn to do this the right way...



WP34

I think that you may be better off buying some inexpensive, old "junk" German or American razors on ebay for practice.
The steel in Chinese razors is thicker and harder than Western razors.
Gold Dollars are a big bite of bitter blade to chew on.

Good choice on the Gold Dollars to learn on. They can have some problems with heels but once sorted you can make them shave. The good thing is if you wreck them which I doubt, you’re only out a couple of bucks.

Start with some circles on the 1k, tape the spine, ink the bevel and stabilizer. If ink comes off the stabilizer, you will have to correct it. Keep inking the bevel until the bevels come togeather meeting in a sharp edge. Look down on the edge, any shinny spots are where they are not meeting.