Thread: Ready to throw a hone...

Ready to throw a hone,.... Right at somebodies head!

If it were possible to go back in time and find the rank amateur who thought it was a good idea to hone a wedge blade by lifting the spine, I would so make him eat a granite hone!

6 layers of tape, just to get it close! Gaaaaaa!

and here I was hoping that 2 layers would get me a tiny bevel. So much for that thought.

And what, pray tell, makes YOU guys want to scream in frustration? Warps? Twists? Shouts? Tell me your woes!

On old wedges sometimes I don't worry about a wide bevel. Just IMHO.

If the top of a bevel is wavey and uneven I look at the grinder and start shaking.

Originally Posted by Magpie

And what, pray tell, makes YOU guys want to scream in frustration? Warps? Twists? Shouts? Tell me your woes!

Dealing with the Australian Department of Human Services trumps any difficult to hone razors.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

On old wedges sometimes I don't worry about a wide bevel. Just IMHO.

but I have to take out some nicks! if it were a simple hone job, I wouldnt mind so much! This is going to take fooooeeeeevvvvveeeerrrrr.....

Does the razor actually have enough meat to restore it. I draw the line at 3 layers of tape on wedges especially if someone else has to maintain & strop it

The big thing that really gets my goat lately is a lack of symmetry when carving scales. It is not that easy for me to lay out all of my idea on a curved scale. Other than that it would have to be the Phoenix Pay System.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Does the razor actually have enough meat to restore it. I draw the line at 3 layers of tape on wedges especially if someone else has to maintain & strop it

Oh, absolutely. Plenty of meat. Its a very beautiful W&B "American" razor. I have 2 of them, and was going to make them into a matched set. Almost no hone wear on the spine. Probably the whole reason this razor is in such nice shape. A foolish person honed it like a knife, and could never get it to shave again. So in a drawer it went.
When a razor has heavy spine wear, I usually give it a touch to the grind wheel. (see my most recent on http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ml#post1685641 )

Wedge Razors are usually a PITA for me.

I would try enough tape to get the bevel width I desired.
Then I'd start on my worn Atoma 1200 until the edges met.

Then onto the 1k...

I did that recently with a blade that had been bread knifed and it worked out well..

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