Thread: Honing practice today- what have I done here?

Too try and squeak a bit more from your edge, strop on linen and leather, do a quick lap of your finish stone to get a clean stone face and do 10 very light X strokes.

Strop on leather and give it a try again.

HHT is very subjective, and may not translate to the shave. I look at the edge, straight down on the edge, with magnification, looking for any reflections or imperfections.

HHT will not pick up a microchip. Nice straight edge.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Too try and squeak a bit more from your edge, strop on linen and leather, do a quick lap of your finish stone to get a clean stone face and do 10 very light X strokes.

Strop on leather and give it a try again.

HHT is very subjective, and may not translate to the shave. I look at the edge, straight down on the edge, with magnification, looking for any reflections or imperfections.

HHT will not pick up a microchip. Nice straight edge.

Agreed - still some deep striations on the bevel, you want to get that so you can see yourself smiling on that bevel....mirror clean.....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Agreed - still some deep striations on the bevel, you want to get that so you can see yourself smiling on that bevel....mirror clean.....

I think those deep striations are left over from the lower grits even though I am using less pressure and torque. It seems that either I am not getting the technique right or I am not spending enough time on my 5k and 8k to polish everything out.

I am participating in a razor exchange with another member and he was curious about my Lakeside barber hone, so this edge is after the barber hone.

I realize that barber hones are for touchup, but the Lakeside is extremely fine.

Originally Posted by Sdm84

I think those deep striations are left over from the lower grits even though I am using less pressure and torque. It seems that either I am not getting the technique right or I am not spending enough time on my 5k and 8k to polish everything out.

I am participating in a razor exchange with another member and he was curious about my Lakeside barber hone, so this edge is after the barber hone.

I realize that barber hones are for touchup, but the Lakeside is extremely fine.

I defer to Euclid here, but one thing I make sure I do whatever stone I'm working on, is the last set of 10 laps I make sure are super light strokes.

So is the edge in the pic off the 8k or the barber hone?

Originally Posted by Phrank

I defer to Euclid here, but one thing I make sure I do whatever stone I'm working on, is the last set of 10 laps I make sure are super light strokes.

So is the edge in the pic off the 8k or the barber hone?

It is off the Lakeside barber hone. Two different angles for lighting.

Yes using a light slurry works especially on the Naniwa SS

Here is an extensive thread about it from years ago

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...iwa-users.html

The problem I have had with barber hones, is that the grit is inconsistent and your stria pattern has those random deep stria. Some will shave well though.

Compare the 8k bevel to the Lakeside and see if the pattern and the edge are better. I doubt that the Lakeside is higher than 8k, but the edge does look straight.

I generally remove all the stria from each grit with each stone, but you don’t have to. You only need to remove all the Deep stria that end in a chip at the edge.

For new guys, I recommend removing all the stria with each stone, it just removes one more variable for them and ensures that they are honing to the edge. I try to get the edge as straight as possible at each stone, usually that means a few cleanup laps on a fresh stone face. I either do a quick lap with a diamond plate or use a slurry stone to clean and smooth, then rinse clean and hone.

Which 8K are you using?

HHT aside, how does it shave?