Thread: Can't keep an edge

Sounds to me like the way I used to sharpen knives. Try this, it may help you out:

https://youtu.be/

Marshal,
Thanks for the link. I would love to go there and watch, but I have DSL internet with a "Fair Usage" attached, ergo, watching youtube sucks up all my time. Just one 20 minutes of youtube brings an end to my internet use.
Thanks for all your effort. I appreciate what you have provided.

Glock27, do you have any friend or acquaintance that has better access to online videos? Watching a few honing videos, or getting help in person, would definitely improve your honing.

I can't second this enough, getting help locally you will learn more in a few hours one on one than you would in a month with youtube videos.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Glock27, do you have any friend or acquaintance that has better access to online videos? Watching a few honing videos, or getting help in person, would definitely improve your honing.

Utopian,
No I don't. I am pretty much locked into DSL. Right now I am down to 85% of internet time remaining from my provider via their
Fair Use" policy.
I have an electric hone I can set up to attempt to correct the problem then sharpen with my stones, but I am a bit anxious about using it. The device is a spinning water hone. Angles can be set up on it, but I am not really sure how I should set it up. Tape the spine and go at it or leave the spine open on the rotating hone. I goes at a low speed.
since I have considered just pitching the razor I just might give it a go. Not committed yet.
Thanks for your efforts. It is appreciated.

Originally Posted by Glock27

onimaru55.
You mention finding the right stroke will solve most problems. Forgive me of my ignorance, but I only know of one stroke. Starting with the toe end of the blade on the stone and moving it down ending with the heal. On the return it is heel to toe. I sharpen everything this way. When I hone the razor, I lay it completely flat on the stone.

Have a good read thru this & learn different strokes amongst other things:
Honing: Troubleshooting Guide - Straight Razor Place Library

Originally Posted by Glock27

I have an electric hone I can set up to attempt to correct the problem then sharpen with my stones, but I am a bit anxious about using it.

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ! Don't do it !
Removing bucket loads of steel on a power tool is no substitute for a geometry assessment & subsequent corrective honing.

Agreed.

Do NOT use any power equipment on a razor.

Where are you in Michigan? We need to find someone near you to give you help in person.

Let us know, I have been meaning to go on a roadtrip

Actually, are you anywhere near Ann Arbor? I too need to make a road trip. I have a college room-mate that lives there and I'm supposed to visit him some time this summer.

Not real close. I am in Midland City, Midland County. Ann Arbor is south of me. It is a three hour drive from Ann Arbor to here. I think if you draw a straight line from Midland down, Detroit is more to the east of me and Ann Arbor is more to the west. I have been here 47 years and still don't know my way around without a map,