Thread: Does this look like a good bevel?

Other than how scratched up it still is? First this look like a good start to a bevel? I have shaved off this edge, and got a decent shave, but it wasn't smooth.

G'Day Mate,
The bevel you have here (from what I can see) looks OK.
The 'trick' to a good, smooth shave is to
A. set a good, consistent bevel,
B. gradually refine the edge with progressively finer hones and less pressure,
C. Watch ALL of gssixguns honing videos on YouTube 'cause he tells it like it is.
This, of course, is just my humble opinion and YMMV.
Good luck

The bevel does not look finished to me, but it may just be the quality of the photos. The bevel should look the same all the way until it disappears at the edge. Your bevel seems to have a lighter region at the edge, suggesting that the bevels do not yet meet to form a proper edge.

I see that you are only an hour away from Kansas City, MO. That means that you are only an hour away from HiBudGl, Nun2Sharp, and Modine. If you get hold of one or more of of them you will get yourself an excellent honing education.

Originally Posted by Utopian

The bevel does not look finished to me, but it may just be the quality of the photos. The bevel should look the same all the way until it disappears at the edge. Your bevel seems to have a lighter region at the edge, suggesting that the bevels do not yet meet to form a proper edge.

I see that you are only an hour away from Kansas City, MO. That means that you are only an hour away from HiBudGl, Nun2Sharp, and Modine. If you get hold of one or more of of them you will get yourself an excellent honing education.

I keep trying to set some time aside to do that, but with work and family it hasn't happened. I have a bunch of hones, and several dull razors, so I decided to try on my own. So the lighter area at the end could mean I need to go back to the 1k and work on that again?

Just to be sure Drygulch, do you mark the edge with a sharpie or marker so that you can easily see the the complete honed edge?

I follow each step to the T, usually things go along decently when I use all the tips and stay within the guide lines.
You are lucky to have some Honemaster's not far from you, might you get the chance to see the hone masters?

What stones do you have and what did you use on that bevel?

How a bevel looks, tells you nothing about the edge. Look straight down at the edge with magnification, if you see shiny reflections on the edge, the bevels are not meeting.

Read the first 3 STICKY, threads in the honing forum. If you need more, go to the Honing section, of Maintaining a Razor section of the Library, and as said watch the videos in the library. All of this in no substitute for hands on instruction. Hands on, will dramatically cut your learning curve.

Originally Posted by FAL

Just to be sure Drygulch, do you mark the edge with a sharpie or marker so that you can easily see the the complete honed edge?

I follow each step to the T, usually things go along decently when I use all the tips and stay within the guide lines.
You are lucky to have some Honemaster's not far from you, might you get the chance to see the hone masters?

One of the big challenges I am having is that with the magnification I have avalible, (30x and 60x lighted loupe) my eyesight is bad enoungh up close that I can't see things clearly. I did use a marker on this edge, but I may not have understood what I am looking at. I posted this thread so I could start getting tips on that.

As far as meeting up with a more experienced member, several have said they are willing to meet when I reached out to them, however, I work 50-60 hours a week, and have pretty limited family time. At some point I hope to be able to set something up to spend a few hours with someone who knows what they are doing, but for now I am using this forum. I have read all the articles in the library several times, and watched the videos as well. Its sounding like I didn't get the bevel set correctly on this edge.