Thread: Mystery Bevel

Far from perfect but one of my favorite razors:
But I'll accept your imperfect view of me Darl even though I know I am faultless.

Originally Posted by WW243

But I'll accept your imperfect view of me Darl even though I know I am faultless.

.......HAR........

Originally Posted by WW243

Far from perfect but one of my favorite razors:
But I'll accept your imperfect view of me Darl even though I know I am faultless.

That razor IS perfect, Bill! So was your W&B until you began paying folks to cobb it up.
Listen to Darry! (Oh...Did I just say that?) Listen to ME!

I am guessing the first hone had more layers of tape on the spine. If you regrind the top of the bevel to make it concave again, put a finish on it, then add enough tape to keep the bevel low it will come out small and straight. Essentially your changing the angle enough to keep the top of the bevel down where the blade thickness is even from previous honing. Less tape puts the bevel back up to a height where the blade thickness is uneven in the concave area.
The regrind cleaned up the look but it does not add metal back to fix the hone wear. The tape adds the thickness back to the spine.
Hope the picture in my head comes out for you to understand what I think happened here. :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I am guessing the first hone had more layers of tape on the spine. If you regrind the top of the bevel to make it concave again, put a finish on it, then add enough tape to keep the bevel low it will come out small and straight. Essentially your changing the angle enough to keep the top of the bevel down where the blade thickness is even from previous honing. Less tape puts the bevel back up to a height where the blade thickness is uneven in the concave area.
The regrind cleaned up the look but it does not add metal back to fix the hone wear. The tape adds the thickness back to the spine.
Hope the picture in my head comes out for you to understand what I think happened here. :<0)

Yes, I can just see that!

10Pups, let me see if I got this right: if you regrind the tape on the first hone the bevel will fall down the face of the blade in a concave fashion and some of the metal will come back to the spine and change the angle on the dangle. If you continue to tape the bevel and work up the blade, a convex uneven carbon chain will form and a Big Bang will occur in your wallet, and rather than a beautiful 19th century shaving instrument you will be left holding a hyperbolic paraboloid which at this point will only be good for trimming nose hairs?

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I am guessing the first hone had more layers of tape on the spine. If you regrind the top of the bevel to make it concave again, put a finish on it, then add enough tape to keep the bevel low it will come out small and straight. Essentially your changing the angle enough to keep the top of the bevel down where the blade thickness is even from previous honing. Less tape puts the bevel back up to a height where the blade thickness is uneven in the concave area.
The regrind cleaned up the look but it does not add metal back to fix the hone wear. The tape adds the thickness back to the spine.
Hope the picture in my head comes out for you to understand what I think happened here. :<0)

Originally Posted by WW243

10Pups, let me see if I got this right: if you regrind the tape on the first hone the bevel will fall down the face of the blade in a concave fashion and some of the metal will come back to the spine and change the angle on the dangle. If you continue to tape the bevel and work up the blade, a convex uneven carbon chain will form and a Big Bang will occur in your wallet, and rather than a beautiful 19th century shaving instrument you will be left holding a hyperbolic paraboloid which at this point will only be good for trimming nose hairs?

By Jove! I think he's got it!

Honestly Tom I had to cheat a little by using a slide rule and a Hadron Collider to figure out what Pups was saying.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

By Jove! I think he's got it!

Originally Posted by WW243

Honestly Tom I had to cheat a little by using a slide rule and a Hadron Collider to figure out what Pups was saying.

So what did that slide rule tell you William????



Har!!!