Thread: A littel quality time touching up the rotation on the 12K

Just a quick picture of the touched up line up. Spent a little time refreshing these three. Little more than a touch up on the Dovo. Left to right: Dovo (with my home made scale as the factory one cracked at the pin), Ralph Aust, and Charles Congreve (Sheffield 1829 - 1843) which I bought from Badgister in the classifieds (a great shaver).

The Dovo needs more work - some time ago my wife knocked it off the stand while it was drying and put a chip in the blade. It didn't feel right and under magnification I could see the damage. Had to go back to the 1K Naniwa to grind out the chip, and then worked it on the Norton 4/8 and up to the 12K Naniwa but it's not back to where I want it. I finish them all on CO pasted felt. It has a sharp edge - passes the hanging hair test but it still feels pretty harsh on the face. Maybe it just doesn't like my Naniwa 12K? Both of the other razors love the 12K - the Aust is incredibly sharp and I have a slice healing up nicely on my ear to prove it!

Adam

Nice set of razors,, keep up the good work.

Nice rotation! I do the same thing- touch up my blades on a rotation so they never get dull to the point of needing rehoning.

I have a couple more in the rotation, but just worked on these three. The Dovo is still giving me fits. I had to take it back to bevel set and work out a chip I mentioned above - and just can't seems to get back to a comfortable shave. It looks good under magnification, passes the HHT but just feels like crap on a shave.

Adam

Originally Posted by Ernie1980

Nice rotation! I do the same thing- touch up my blades on a rotation so they never get dull to the point of needing rehoning.

Originally Posted by aalbina

I have a couple more in the rotation, but just worked on these three. The Dovo is still giving me fits. I had to take it back to bevel set and work out a chip I mentioned above - and just can't seems to get back to a comfortable shave. It looks good under magnification, passes the HHT but just feels like crap on a shave.

Adam

I struggled with my Dovo for a couple months...

Now it's the best razor I've got hands down shave wise. Keep at it and eventually it will submit to your efforts!

Any suggestions? What finally worked for you on the Dove

Adam

Well I don't own any water stones, only a 1k king. So make sure the bevel is set. That is all I can give you.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

Well I don't own any water stones, only a 1k king. So make sure the bevel is set. That is all I can give you.

OK - well getting the bevel set is certainly great advice! It's all down hill from there. When I set the bevel on my Naniwa 1K - it was shaving arm hair quite well -even from the 4 to the 8 to the 12 it was popping arm hair. Then the CO. The first shave was passable but the second shave was very uncomfortable. Same brush, same soap, same stropping. I didn't strop on the linen after the stones on the first shave - just the leather, but did strop on the linen and the leather before the next shave. Maybe it was just a bad shave day - I'll pull it out tomorrow and strop and give it a go.

Thanks

Adam

So the other two were touched up, the Dovo is not a touch up, it is a repair with a full bevel reset, if you approach it as a tough up, you probably will not have a shaving razor.

The bevel has probably not been fully set, you probably need to spend some time on the 4k and set the bevel completely. Look at the edge straight down and depending on what you see, set the bevel, if you still have chips, go to the 1k. Make sure your stones are lapped and the edges are beveled or rounded.

Here is a recent thread doing just that.

Yes - I followed that thread. The Dovo was repaired with a full bevel reset several months ago and was shaving pretty well after that. (Not as well as when I got back from Lynn for the free re-hone). This is a new razor - I bought it last year from SRD. Stones are lapped and the edges are beveled. I will check the bevel and do so more work on the 4K before progressing up. May be able to get some pictures of the edge on my microscope but I usually use a handheld unit when honing. I don't really feel like spending 80 on a USB microscope when I have a nice one. It's just not top lit - made for scientific work on slides. I will see if I can get some LED lighting on the edge from above.

Thanks

Adam

Originally Posted by Euclid440

So the other two were touched up, the Dovo is not a touch up, it is a repair with a full bevel reset, if you approach it as a tough up, you probably will not have a shaving razor.

The bevel has probably not been fully set, you probably need to spend some time on the 4k and set the bevel completely. Look at the edge straight down and depending on what you see, set the bevel, if you still have chips, go to the 1k. Make sure your stones are lapped and the edges are beveled or rounded.

Here is a recent thread doing just that.