Thread: Microscope for honing

Originally Posted by Deckard

Bevel set is crucial to honing success.
Scoping your edges takes out the guess work and skill. Why do a hard thing just for the sake of it???
Guys who do rolling x strokes and all those tricks are really working around an unset bevel. with old or warped razors sometimes this is preferable to honing off a ton of metal to get it set. Doing this can give a ton of hone wear on the spine and or really fat bevels. I would suggest using a microscope especially on a warped razor. Just make sure each successive scratch pattern removes the previous hones scratches and go right to the edge. Also makes sure your hones are reasonably lapped flat each time they are used.

Joe

Is this what you're calling a warped razor?

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Is this what you're calling a warped razor?

Nope. If your not being humorous, I will explain myself

Originally Posted by Deckard

Any rolling by definition is not setting the bevel. This is working around a problem.

Huh? Is a smile a problem?

Originally Posted by Deckard

Nope. If your not being humorous, I will explain myself

No need to explain. I meant it to point out that a rolling stroke is the only way to hone a smile and that a rolling stroke is not just a way to work around setting a proper bevel on warped razors. Are you now saying that there is no way to set a bevel on a smile? If so, we have a very different idea of what constitutes a set bevel.

We will have to beg to differ. I'm not against rolling x I use it myself. I don't believe it is necessary to roll on a smiler either not unless the spine is straight in relation to it. A razor is not a knife. The bevel includes the hone wear on the spine.

Respectfully
Joe

Originally Posted by Deckard

We will have to beg to differ.

Fair enough.

Respectfully
Victor