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    With the 2 grinder method, or just one?

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    Wow, that's pretty great! I'm way out of my league here!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by aleximus View Post
    Wow, that's pretty great! I'm way out of my league here!!!
    He is good

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesman7 View Post
    This is done with an 1 1/4" wheel. It is a 6/8.
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    That is really good !

    I remember 2 years ago at the Texas Razor Meet he showed us his original grinder which was very unique. Then he blew us away demonstrating how he used trig to calculate everything!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 32t View Post
    Is that a Blue grind?
    Yes it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eKretz View Post
    It will be difficult without the same tool originally used. Most likely these were ground at the factory by hand using a double wheel grinder that was adjustable for center to center distance between the wheels. They would have used fairly small radius wheels to get up near the spine. See here:

    https://youtu.be/BBoI1hmYfbs

    Alternatively you can try a setup like this if you only have the usual one wheel sander:

    https://youtu.be/apjtYokzgk0
    Man, she makes honing a razor look easy in that first video.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aleximus View Post
    With the 2 grinder method, or just one?
    Single grinder.

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