Thread: bevel setting and ford medley

Thanks a lot guys !

Also check for a frown, if you have one it will take forever (or never) to get it sharp. I can't tell for sure in the pictures, but the heel looks a bit high

Magnification at least 20X, ink the bevel and look at it.
Hard to say from the photos but looks like the stabilizer is hitting the stone keeping the back half of the edge off the stone, note the heel edge is not contacting the stone.

Ink the edge and the stabilizer, do one lap and see where the ink is coming off. If not at the edge, find out why.

Look at the edge straight down, with magnification, any shiny spots are where the bevels are not meeting. If the stabilizer is not making contact but the edge is not coming together, put 2 layers of tape on the spine and re ink the edge. One lap will tell you where you are hitting on the bevel, should be the edge of the bevel, now you will make some progress.

How much pressure? It depends… if the stabilizer is keeping the edge off the stone, no amount of pressure will get the edge on the stone.

Once you are removing ink across the whole edge, firm even pressure as said is what your need.

Find a local mentor to reduce your learning curve.

Thanks a lot for all the suggestions and expert advices guys this is really remotivating me to get back to the hone and work on it !

I will take it on-board and give it another try this week end (if times permits) and report back.

Again thanks guys you are awesome !

So i gave it another try, this time my objective was to find out what's wong. I took a few pictures to try to diagnose.

So I think the issue i have is that the razor has uneven honeware stoping it from making contact on all the edge. Looking at my honing stone the heel seems to be leaving much more material on my hone




I tried to put a blue marker on the edge and put 2 level of tape



And after 2 laps it looked like this:



Looking at the edge under a magnifying glass you can clearly see the blue

(from the heel)



(to the toe)

Since today is very sunny in the uk i tried the capture the honeware on the spine:

here the honeware seems less pronounced toward the tang compared to the tip


here the honeware is more pronounced toward the tang and less so toward the tip




Can you guys let me now if you see the same thing ? What is the best course of actions there ?

In advance thanks a lot for everything

the french guy in london