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WOOHOO I finally acquired a whole honing progression with the arrival today of my 1K Chosera. This weekend starts my "practice practice practice"
Now I have the:
1K Chosera
4K/8K Norton
12K Naniwa SS
3 Yellow Lakes
1 thin Charnley Forrest
DMT 325 and the 400/1000 diamond plate from CKTG
Lapping papers that were PIF'd to me by Euclid440
I told my wife I will never ever need to buy another stone now!.................. Uh-huh
Yea right! :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFiveO
Congrats. Nice setup.
Oh Man! my little woman cornered me about stone buying, saying she thought I should have enough stones now, I said I "Think Maybe" Just a few more will be enough.....
Haha! I got that a few weeks ago from mine. I just can't say no to her big green eyes. So no more stones for me. Unless I trade for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by FAL
OP nice set up. You will do well :)
Lucky boy! I'm a bit jealous. I have Naniwa SS's in 1K, 5K and 10K, with a DMT 325C. I'd love to add the 3K, 5K and 12K. Especially the 12K.
I got my 12k just a few months back to complete my progression! That's a good setup that you have��
As soon as possible you need to correct that statement. You were too much of a novice to know what you were saying and were not aware of several critically important hones that are absolutely necessary for a comfortable shave. The cost should be relatively comparable to a typical woman's shoe budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFiveO
I need you to be my spokesman!Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Now I just need to learn to use these. I am driving myself crazy. I have watched Glen and Lynn videos and must have been that kid in class staring out the window! I have yet been able to establish a bevel and I dull it even more with the 4k/8k. I'm an idiot
If you are bothering with the 4/8k without getting a bevel first, then yes, temporarily, you are an idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFiveO
Let's fix that.
Put away ALL of your other hones except for the Chosera 1k. After you have done that, please tell us about the razors you are attempting to hone. Pictures would be nice, if possible. You MUST get a shaving edge off of that before bothering with anything else.
I assume you meant 3k, 8k,and 12k.Quote:
Originally Posted by wayne394
If you do decide to follow up on that, I suggest that you swap out the 3k for a 2k. In my opinion, the smaller the jump after the bevel setter, the better. Also, if you get the 12k, you could sell the 10k.
Not certain I wanted affirmation that I'm an idiot, but from you Utopian, I'll take it.
I actually used a recently honed razor by Glen. I removed the edge on a glass jar and then tried setting a new bevel. I am using 1 layer of tape and using the circle method. What is odd is, when I watch the videos, I normally see a decent amount of swarf, but when I try to hone, I get little to no swarf. I am afraid to push very hard as I heard that is not good for blades either.
The practice razor so far has been a vintage Shapleigh hardware 5/8.
Hey, I did say "temporarily!!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFiveO
If Glen already set the bevel, then geometry issues are not the problem. If you killed the edge on glass, then there should have been very little effort needed to restore the edge. Did you ever try the thumb pad test (TPT) on the edge before you killed it? You need a way to assess your progress in restoring the edge and your two options are by feel with the TPT or by magnified observation. As you hone on the 1k making progress in getting the bevels to again meet in a perfect "V" the bite into your thumb should increase.
You DO need to use some pressure and it needs to be slightly torqued onto the edge rather than the spine. The hard thing to tell you online is how much pressure to use. Regardless, as you make progress the pressure needs to reduce. Also, you need to keep an eye on the taped spine. If the tape is wearing away, then you need to change it, because as the tape wears the spine is lowering and so the edge is no longer touching the hone.
nice set-up Steve