Thread: How long does it take you?

I personally won't hesitate to take chips or even really stubborn bevel sets to the DMT 325. Those scratches don't take very long to clear up on the Chosera 1k. If there's a chip that I can see without magnification I use the DMT. I know some guys don't like to use them for small repairs but I'd rather use less pressure on a really aggressive hone then more pressure on the 1k.

57vert,

+1 on GSSixgun's post

Here is one of mine that had both correction and 'standard' honing.

A few weeks ago, I started a honing session on a vintage tamahagane kamisori. This razor, by the look of it, had never been honed - the edge was very, very rounded, and the spine sides were not parallel with each other, or to the edge of the blade. There was no hone wear at all.

Correcting these deficits took me about three or so hours of intense effort (The tamahagane was extremely hard, and I didn't want to excessively wear the soft 'jigane')

After that, the actual bevel setting and honing to finish took less than 30 minutes

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

had an awesome Smiling near wedge blade that was so blunt it was safe for a baby to play with, take over 4 hours for bevel set alone with a Nami SS 1k on the week end loved it
I don't have HAD but I am seriously looking at some DMT's now LOL for the heavy grinding on them wedges
can usually get a 1/16" chip out of a full hollow in about half an hour with bread knifing then bevel set

yet did 3 others (full hollows) complete from bevel set to done in about 1 hour

so yes it is very dependent on the blades condition to start with