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06-28-2016, 03:17 AM #21
I bow to the wisdom of the sages...
50 more it is -- of every stroke on every stone!
Now there's a bevel!Last edited by howdydave; 06-28-2016 at 04:06 AM.
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06-28-2016, 03:29 AM #22
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06-28-2016, 04:08 AM #23
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06-28-2016, 02:21 PM #25
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Thanked: 3795Sorry, I just noticed what ELSE you wrote--namely, "on every stone!"
Do NOT do that. The extra strokes MAY be needed on the 1k and will do no harm at the bevel setting phase. When you get better at assessing the progress of your bevel setting, you can just stop when the bevels fully meet. Until then, there is no harm doing some extra strokes to make sure the task is done. However, you don't need those extra strokes on the other hones. They would not do harm on the 4k but could on the 8k.
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06-28-2016, 02:41 PM #26
GD's are made of terribly hard steel - not the best choice for learning to hone.
If you can un-ugly the grind of one of those, you are can do a great job on a regular razor in a fraction of the time.My father was an engineer. He used to tell me that sharpening a straight razor is like trying to build a ladder to the moon out of a roll of aluminum foil.
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06-28-2016, 03:28 PM #27State v. Durham, 323 N.W. 2d 243, 245 (Iowa 1982) (holding that a straight razor is per se a "dangerous weapon").
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06-28-2016, 03:30 PM #28
Last edited by howdydave; 06-28-2016 at 04:00 PM.
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06-28-2016, 03:38 PM #29
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Thanked: 481Seems to me like they make them of both carbon and stainless. So it all depends on which you bought.
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06-28-2016, 03:45 PM #30
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH...
THE SHAVE!
Close to baby bottom smooth after the first pass.
Baby bottom smooth after the second pass.
No nicks, no abrasions (other than the usual slight razor burn.)
This GD razor (I love double entendres) looks like it just might serve me well!Last edited by howdydave; 06-28-2016 at 04:16 PM.
Realization of the vastness of ones own ignorance is the first step on the path to true wisdom.
Dave N.