Thread: Honing a stainless steel blade

Hi everyone. I have a questions about the changes in technique you use for Stainless blades. I honed my first last night and I found setting the bevel to be very difficult. The steel was so much harder than regular carbon steel that I found I had to use significantly more pressure to get a scratch pattern from my chosera 1K.

Are there any specific tips or tricks used on stainless blades to get a good bevel without excessive pressure? Any help is appreciated, as always!

Thanks in advance!

Matt

Love my stainless steel razors. I never used any "special" techniques to hone them on a Naniwa progression. It may take longer to set a bevel and I would shy away from using "excess" pressure even bevel setting. Just be patient and take more time with near normal pressure.

Bob

I've said many times I have had to spend longer on some carbon steel razors than any stainless I have had. In general it may take a few passes more but technique and pressure is exactly the same as with any non stainless.

I think some of our pro honers will chime in and tell you there is no difference at all in honing stainless and carbon.

ya if you got a carbon steel razor that is up there in the Rockwell Hardness scale it becomes hard to hone too. but it will hone the same way just might take a few more laps up and down the stone. Tc

What kind of razor ???

Brand ???

Originally Posted by gssixgun

What kind of razor ???

Brand ???

Dubl duck Stainless

Yeah something isn't right

Can we see a pic, these should be no different honing then any other DD, which honestly are some of the easiest to hone razor on the market

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Yeah something isn't right

Can we see a pic, these should be no different honing then any other DD, which honestly are some of the easiest to hone razor on the market

sure, i've attached some pics below. They are all I have available at work right now. One is from the SOTD.

And everything came out very nicely in the end. Got a great shave this morning. I was just surprised that it took longer for me to get a bevel than normal. Usually two laps of circles and some heel-leading X-strokes gets it done. I also dont work to with much slurry on the Chosera 1K with carbon blades. Could have been i needed more slurry to get the job done in the regular amount of time. Mainly I was surprised with the lack of a defined scratch pattern after my normal bevel setting procedure

SS is known to be "Abrasion Resistant" rather than actually "Harder" so the difference in Scratch patterns is to be expected, I notice no discernible difference in honing them, myself..

A hard to hone razor happens every now and then, the bevel might have been just farther off, no telling, but alls well that shaves well hehehe

Awesome Razor they are quite rare

It was an eBay blade that was stated to be dull and hadn't been honed for quite a while I believe. There wasn't any discernible bevel when I got my hands on it. Could have just been that it needed a complete reset from scratch, which I have not experienced often.

Thanks very much! I got very lucky finding it. My first stainless. I'm looking forward to seeing the performance differences between this and my other ducks (if any).