Thread: Difficult blade.

Thought i would share this with ya'll and give you a good laugh. I got to thinking that Ha i haven't tried the paste on leather on this blade. Well i haven't used paste i almost two years so i found the strop with the green on it and gave it about 4 maybe 5 laps the 50 on just leather. Well After my hot shower i stood in front of the mirror and lathered up real good and raised the blade and first pass. Thought i was going to cry. Did i tell ya'll i'm a little hard headed. Well instead of going to the safe and getting another blade that i know will shave comfortable i decided to finish with the tear jerk er. And it was. I will now wait on my package from straight razor designs before i re- hone this evil thing.

Originally Posted by wvuhillbilly

If not a 1k stone what other stone would you recommend for a more aggressive bevel setter ?

I don't know about anyone else but i have a 400 grit but it is really aggressive. I have a 800 on it's way. I am trying to stay with the naniwa hones and not get as many hones as razors.

Yeah, the chosera 400 is very course, and can cause chipping, depending on the steel.

Make sure to figure out if it is warped (tapping the toe and heel alternately while on the flat stone).

Well i got my care package from SRD today and the 800 grit hone worked out really nice. I made cross marks on both sides and used the 325 diamond to remove the marks leaving the hone nice and flat. I used the 800 then the 1K-3K-5K-8K- the the 12K naniwa and finished as always on the 20K. I shaved the right side of my face tonight with it and the left with the Joseph Rodgers 6/8 I got the other day. It shaves OK. Still not as good as a lot of other razors i have but acceptable. I don't know if it was from the honing or the castle forbes lavender shaving cream i got today. That stuffs pretty good for shaving and the wife says she kind of likes it on me. Nuff said.