Thread: Dead blade?

Originally Posted by Steve56

Vous êtes très aimable! Merci!

Cheers, Steve

lol this may be a hard read for others membered

well all afternoon, i was on this blade. first i started with stropping it for 200 or 300 times than at least 45 minutes on 1k, but it does not want to go further than a butter knife. Even tried a 2k and coticule. when i look at the bevel with a loop it seems normal but even can't cut the arm hairs.

Ouster can you post a picture of your razor. Add a couple of pieces of electrical tape to the spine. Go back to the 1K. What type of strokes are you doing. Circles, X's, Pyramids, Full Laps. Are you leading with the edge or spine on your honing strokes.

Try the 1k with more pressure and or a slurry

How long you been honing razors ? Besides the one you've been on for days. Tc

might ve time to send that one to someone with more experience to evaulate

Ehst feltspanky suggested

For today i was honing it since 3pm and I just stopped it's now 2.30am :O . I tried about 10/15 layers of tape and I recreated a new bevel
. It was going well on 1k but not any serious result so I arm a message to a friend If he can look this blade for me, he has more experience than me and more stones. After this I continued, maybe 500 passes on 2k I saw It was better after this but still cutting nothing. So I retroed it with again 500 passes than 5k 500times, well still same bevel. And coticule for less than 500 times. And still it was same. I continued with paste for 300 times than stropped it for 1000 times. And I don't know why at first time it didn't work but this time it started to cut some hairs. So I just turn back to paste 1000 times ( well I didn't counted but after this my arms were work less). Then 1000 times again with strop. Now it cut my legs hairs ( I've no more arm hairs :P so I try on my legs after this ... ) I put it in a case to take tomorrow. I can easily see its not shave ready but cuts something. Better than nothing. Tomorrow I'm planing to rake it again but after you read this, would five me some advices how I should take it back? Because I'm like blind with this blade I don't know where is the problem...

Thanks you all folks

Originally Posted by feltspanky

Ouster can you post a picture of your razor. Add a couple of pieces of electrical tape to the spine. Go back to the 1K. What type of strokes are you doing. Circles, X's, Pyramids, Full Laps. Are you leading with the edge or spine on your honing strokes.

Ok I will tomorrow. I just put it in a box and I need some sleep. But tomorrow I will post the pictures

Something is seriously wrong with either the steel or your technique, I've honed several hundred razors for myself and others and never go anywhere near those pass counts and rarely break 100 laps on anything, even the hardest steel

Originally Posted by Oustoura

. It was going well on 1k but not any serious result so I arm a message to a friend If he can look this blade for me, he has more experience than me and more stones. After this I continued, maybe 500 passes on 2k I saw It was better after this but still cutting nothing. So I retroed it with again 500 passes than 5k 500times, well still same bevel. And coticule for less than 500 times. And still it was same. I continued with paste for 300 times than stropped it for 1000 times. And I don't know why at first time it didn't work but this time it started to cut some hairs. So I just turn back to paste 1000 times ( well I didn't counted but after this my arms were work less).
Thanks you all folks

Sorry my friend but I believe this is something you need to have a session with someone who knows how to hone, that's more laps than quite a few razors need ,, take some of the advise given. Good luck. Tc