Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by Steel

Well I'm down to honing around three razors a week. Today's hone job is a Joseph Smith & Sons on a full Arkansas progression. The bevel was set on a Washita stone. I went with a layer of tape since there was a visible chip to be honed out. Then the blade was taken through the rest of the progression- soft, hard, surgical black. And then what I did next was interesting. I took off the layer of tape, inked the bevel with permanent marker and did 10 x strokes on the surgical black Arkansas to see how far from the edge I would be without it. Ink still there. 10 more xstrokes. Most of it's gone. 10 more X strokes and the ink was all gone scratches all the way to the edge. I spared the blade all the hone wear at the same time within 30 extra strokes on the finishing stone I get away from any kind of future need of tape for touch ups etc. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

Stropped and shaved and this razor is one of my top edges. A BBS shave in two effortless passes. God I love my Arkansas stones. I haven't used anything else in roughly two straight years!

Oh Yes! It's actually fairly easy to touch up a blade without tape (whether or not the blade was honed with tape) I know as I've done it!

Glen (gssixgun) showed that in this video quite awhile back. I'm very happy that you've found it true also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMchDtXzUO4&t=14s

Roy, I actually seen that video a while back also. After watching that I started setting bevels with tape and then removing the tape for the rest of the progression. This is the first time I went all the way through and "touched up" the razor without the tape. My only problem with tape in the past has been I can never remember if I used tape or not when it came to the touch up. now that's not a problem.
The angle difference is indeed minimal and almost negligent while the spine protection is welcomed.

Originally Posted by Steel

Roy, I actually seen that video a while back also. After watching that I started setting bevels with tape and then removing the tape for the rest of the progression. This is the first time I went all the way through and "touched up" the razor without the tape. My only problem with tape in the past has been I can never remember if I used tape or not when it came to the touch up. now that's not a problem.
The angle difference is indeed minimal and almost negligent while the spine protection is welcomed.

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Real lead?

Are you concerned about the stropping motion causing lead to come off and ingesting it?

Not really , I don't live in fear of the things that have become hot topics. We live in a world full of dangerous chemicals that are in our everyday products. Heck I was even raised in a neighborhood that had Dioxin contaminated oil used on the roads that we walked barefoot in for years before they discovered it then they bought the whole town and made it ground zero for the cleanup. I work in the oilfield more chums in one day at work than most will ever see in a lifetime. I walked in jungles full of the Dioxin again when it was sprayed to kill the jungle foliage. I,m not saying that these things aren't bad for you , I,m just saying we tend to blow it up for the exposure we get to these things. I've also been working and handling lead all my life, I'm still here. But if I die from my lead strop, then I'll die smoothly shaved. Tv

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Real lead?

Are you concerned about the stropping motion causing lead to come off and ingesting it?

Yes, pure soft lead.
Lead is heavy, so dust from sanding a wedge or vapors from melting it, drop very quickly, if ever rise at all. The biggest threat that lead has is thru ingestion.
Wash your hands after handling it.
Don't put it in your mouth.
And don't get shot.!

You'll be just fine.[emoji4]

I wonder how many guys who are scared of lead use CrO pasted strops

thee only lead that would be scaring me is when its sitting at the end of a barrel that is not un my control.

Originally Posted by nodakjohns

Lead is pretty damn dangerous to mess with. Plenty of boys in my hood have come down with a sudden case of lead poisoning !

Bad if reloading and breathing vapor, looks relatively innocent otherwise, right?

I do know several people who cast their own bullets and who now don't because they had high lead levels. I always thought it might have been because of handling the bullets, but it looks like they likely breathed it.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I wonder how many guys who are scared of lead use CrO pasted strops

Not unless the chromium oxide is red in color. The type III (green) is relatively harmless since it's not water soluble.

Originally Posted by DaveW

Not unless the chromium oxide is red in color. The type III (green) is relatively harmless since it's not water soluble.

I would beg to differ:
http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9923471