Scotch (3M) Super 88 here, too. It's a bit thicker and is also used by a certain cantankerous mountain man who lives up in the north woods. Right, Roy? ;)
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Scotch (3M) Super 88 here, too. It's a bit thicker and is also used by a certain cantankerous mountain man who lives up in the north woods. Right, Roy? ;)
Hehe, I was kidding about using it for actual electrical work. I like the crimps that have built in heat shrink tubing. Cleaner, neater, more permanent everything proof seal. I only use tape in a pinch, or as a means to keep wires tucked inside those black plastic tubes with a slit down the side for keeping wires in order. Guess it's one of those, 'You know you've been working on cars too long when..." affairs.
Two layer tape + red marker ready to hone!
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After some x-strokes to check how to marker paint look
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After several x-strokes:
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First and foremost; End your tape at the stabilizer instead of allowing it to go on down the tang.
Also, give this a try:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...than-mile.html
I did a couple of strokes more.
I think this side is kind of finished:
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On This side, getting a bevel on the toe is driving me crazy!
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Roy: I will check your link now
Nice link Roy. If i continue to have an issue with the Boker im working on, im going to give this 1" line and rolling x stroke a try.
Update:
Yesterday after talking a bit with Roy I figured out certain things I was not doing correctly:
- Pressure. I should have put more pressure on the toe.
- I wasn't focus in parts of the bevel which require more attention
After some video watching I came back home today and finished the whole process.
My steps this night:
1) With two layers of tape I started on the 1k focusing on the toe. After I got to what I considered a more equal bevel, I did 10-20 strokes on the 1k.
2) Since the tape was a bit worn out, I changed it. In the process, the SR slip and I cut myself :tameshigiri:
1,2,3,4...10. Cool, they are all there, let's keep going!
3) I moved to 4k. Did a couple of passes. When using the magnifier I noticed the heel was kind of dull. I applied some pressure to the heel and did a couple of more passes.
4) Moved to 8k. Not sure what needs to happen to go from 4k to 8k but I felt that it was almost ready.
5) 50 lapping strokes
Here's how it looks in the end:
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I did a shave test and it felt much better than expected.
I will return this razor to BJ and see what he thinks about it :)
Thanks for reading!