I started reversing my hones about half my use of each hone trying to get more even wear on both edges of the hone. Anyone else do this or have thought about it? What do you do?
Dave "Slawman" Huffman:beer1:
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I started reversing my hones about half my use of each hone trying to get more even wear on both edges of the hone. Anyone else do this or have thought about it? What do you do?
Dave "Slawman" Huffman:beer1:
That's some good thinking on ur part... When ur figuring things like that on ur own it means that ur doing a great amount of thinking about ur hobby so good job! From what I understand it is pretty common practice and is actually something I wasn't doing until someone pointed it out to me....
happy honing!
Always done that - if even to account for the fact that even though the home is lapped - it may be inconsistent - and, still being a beginner, it made me think I knew what I was doing :-)
Always have. Always will. It's not just a matter of wear, it's also to take advantage of the entire swarf-free surface.
If I'm doing several razors I end for end the thing each razor. So yeah I do it. Just love and respect for a 100+ year old stone I guess.
I turn it while honeing and lap it when necessary.
Yep always have
I always have and I'm not real certain it was for 'Even Wear' I think that I was just being Anal. Like instead of just dunking or rinsing the hone off to remove the slurry I take the stone out of the stone holder and rinse Everything Very Well.
That's just 'ME' :shrug:
I do fairly often, not always with touch ups but with heavy lifts absolutely. Exception would be JNat koppas that only have one good side.
Cheers, Steve
Yep I turn mine also.
Never thought of it, just did it... :thinking:
Yup, seems to a pretty common practice.
Depends on the hone. Usually I don't think about their orientation, so the ones that are more or less uniform front to back, and side to side have a 50/50 chance of getting turned the opposite way anytime I pick them up. But if I know a stone has a "bad spot," only has one good side, or there's some other reason to orientate the stone a specific way then obviously it doesn't get flipped. Of course, I'm only sharpening one or 2 blades at any given time, so there's no need to worry about wear or where swarf has accumulated. If ever there's a need to sharpen more than I do, that might change accordingly.
I'm with you. I pay no mind to the orientation and don't keep a scorecard so it's the luck of the draw as to which side is which.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshal
I turn mine with every razor. Easy for me to keep track of it since I usually set aside an afternoon and just hone everything.
I turn 'em...sometimes I turn them two times in one go, turn, turn again so as to trick the hone. I'm thinking about turning my strop around but I think I would be confused by the upside down logo on the leather.
I turn my hones and strops if I can. My mind looses focus very easily counting laps so it is never the same but I think equals out in the long run.
I turn mine as well
Years ago gssixgun posted that he turned every 10 round trips IIRC, and I thought 'balderdash' ! Couple years later I was thinking about it while honing and gave it a shot. I do it all the time now. SO .......... you can teach an old dog new tricks ........... sometimes it just takes awhile for it to sink in. :shrug:
My stomach turns every time Mrs. Zero gets to the mailbox before me, does that count?
Funny, I flip mine to keep the water on the whole blade even. When I am chasing a pool with only the toe , I turn it.
I know the feeling!Quote:
Originally Posted by kaptain_zero
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I don't keep track of the stone's direction, but do try to balance how much time I spend working over each area of the hone during bevel-setting (aka "sharpening") so as to even out the wear. During the actual long honing strokes during finishing, I feel the amount of wear is trivial so don't pay it any mind.
A little off topic! I got a bunch of 3/8" X 4" Balsa wood & some hard felt Thinking about making a paddle strop with handles at both ends. What U think??? Is it worth it?
Slawman:borg:
When honing a batch of razors I will do the same. It does help to get to fresh cutting material.