Thread: Setting a bevel!!!! I get it now!!

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I guess I don't understand your arm hair testing then. I understand what you mean about testing the entire length of the blade to make sure it will all shave, but I am not understanding if you shave close to the skin or ???

Yea, closer to the skin. I think, not certain though, that if the blade will cut arm hairs all along the edge off of whatever bevel setter you are using where exactly on said hairs is not too important. As Michael said in post #8 it is very useful to do some other tests also before carrying on.

Bob

Congrats on the bevel. It really does start there. Now the fun of refining while keeping it smooth. That sounds like one of the worst cases of razor mange Ive heard of. Hopefully your set for a while and don't need to resort to other areas of hair!

Loss of hair is one thing, but the unhappy rubbing on "the important other" in the bed with all those stubby hairs will not keep you happy for very long. Ha. Ankles seemed to be the most acceptable spot for me "us". Happy honing!

Originally Posted by sheajohnw

Until the thin bands being abraded by the stone on each side of the blade intersect to form a fresh edge, there is no edge to refine with the higher grit stones. Until that intersection (bevel set) is achieved, the high grit stones are only polishing the bands rubbing on the stone, not refining the razor to a shave-able keen edge.

Well how do you take into considerations on a smiling blade on this statement?

Originally Posted by Bamasamson

Well how do you take into considerations on a smiling blade on this statement?

There are different honing strokes that work with a smiling blade or a warped/twisted blade and it really gets interesting when they are both smiling and warped/twisted. It is really an art form at that point but it can be done.

Bob