Thread: Razor won't take an edge.

Originally Posted by Marshal

The coticule can do anything the blue would, and better if you're proficient with slulrry. IMO anyway. I'm kinda surprised you were able to get it set with the C12K, which tells me the previous work on the BBW/coticule must've had it very, very close.

I'm kind of in league with Kees. A 1K synthetic bevel setter is perhaps the best place to start if the issue is more than you're willing to deal with on the coticule. Shapton/Naniwa/Norton/King in no particular order will get the job done. After that you can bounce to the BBW or slurry up the coticule and dilute your way up to a finished edge. Or do like Kees and get a synthetic 4/5/6 K and shift from there to the coticule. Whatever method suits you best.

Thank you! I enjoy honing as much as I do shaving. I have more time these days and I find its very relaxin. Shaving has exploded into an expensive hobby of mine. I am also always trying to improve my skills. I ordered a Naniwa 1k stone. I will work off that and move to the bbw then onto the coticule.

A Thurigan can't be too far behind.

Which Naniwa 1k did you order?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Which Naniwa 1k did you order?

Naniwa Blue Super Stone in Stand S1000 stone

Originally Posted by gcbryan

A Thurigan can't be too far behind.

Hasn't anyone ever told you not to feed the Hone Acquisition Disease...?

Originally Posted by Marshal

Hasn't anyone ever told you not to feed the Hone Acquisition Disease...?

I"m an enabler. I don't even have a Coticule or Thurigan myself.

Well I just kind of went to war on one of my razors. Could not get the last half inch of the blade on the end sharp. The rest of the blade was fine tpt sharp. To make a long story short I ended up having to literally bring down the spine near the end of the razor on both sides to get it sharp. I guess when these razors sometimes only spend their life getting sharpened on a strop, alignment issues start to develop. I wish I had taken a picture of how my shapton 1k glass turned black, two times, while I was at war with it. It's fine now but it took the most amount of work of any razor I have ever sharpened. It seems like were always learning something new when it comes to these damn things.

That is a good example of a time to tape the edge and flatten out the spine! No sense in eating up your edge if the razor is that far out of whack.

I have quite a few razors that are similar to that. razors are a very in-perfect tool. Some deal with it better than others. It drives me absolutely nuts! But hey, its a Tool first so don't worry if it looks bad now.

Originally Posted by glytch5

That is a good example of a time to tape the edge and flatten out the spine! No sense in eating up your edge if the razor is that far out of whack.

I have quite a few razors that are similar to that. razors are a very in-perfect tool. Some deal with it better than others. It drives me absolutely nuts! But hey, its a Tool first so don't worry if it looks bad now.

I started out with tape because it looked new, the spine. I've decided to start using tape on razors when they are in new or close to new condition, I know, I'm a late bloomer. After realizing that it was not going to be possible to get the bevel to go completely across the blade evenly, is when the tape had to come off. I put around 600 passes on both sides at almost the highest pressure I could exert onto the spine while making those passes.