Thread: Honing Question for Reynolds

A few questions...

1. Does this qualify as wedge or near-wedge?

2. I'm anticipating some issues with honing this and I've only ever dealt with razors with nice even spines where the bevel cooperated relatively easily. Before I go and muck this up, what would you recommend be done to get this one shave-ready?

I would send it out and let a pro hone it like Glen (gssixgun) or Lynn. There may be someone there in Canada so check Member Services here on SRP.

FR's are particularly hard to hone but once you get a good edge on them they hold that edge for a long time. Excellent shavers BTW, some of the best Sheffield razors out there.

Most would call that a wedge but really likely a near wedge. A true wedge has no concavity to the blade.

The easiest way would be to send it to someplace like Classicedge in southern Ontario or one of the members in southern Ontario that does honing.

If you want to try it yourself, I would start with a couple of layers of tape on the spine and do a couple of strokes on a bevel setter to see where you are regarding the bevel. That should show you where the problems are and then use the proper corrective honing to get the job done.

The razor looks to be in nice shape so the safest way is to send it out for honing after you have done all the cleaning and polishing on it that you want. OTH you have to learn sometime to hone a near wedge with some problems. Choice is yours.

Bob

Lay a straight edge from spine to edge. If slight hollow shows it's a near wedge. If no light it's a wedge. I generally use 2 to 3 layers of tape on wedge or near wedge with great results.

Thats a Joseph Rodgers according to the tang

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Thats a Joseph Rodgers according to the tang

Ah, what's in a name anyway.

Bob

Well if you are just learning that is a tough sucker to start with. Two layers of tape, and it is not usually a quick thing to get the bevel set. I would expect more than one honing session and I hope you have a good loupe.

Originally Posted by BobH

Ah, what's in a name anyway.

Bob

Same difference probably, a few were made in the same factory by the same people just stamped differently.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Thats a Joseph Rodgers according to the tang

Don't you go pushing your biases on that razor. If it wants to identify as a Reynolds then you just let it identify as a Reynolds.



To the OP, if you decide to hone it yourself, then you probably will want to use 2 or 3 layers of tape and hone it at at least a 45 degree angle on the hone. That is, the blade stays flat but the heel is ahead of the point of the blade by at least a 45 degree angle relative to the length of the hone.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Thats a Joseph Rodgers according to the tang

Originally Posted by BobH

Ah, what's in a name anyway.

Bob

That's a Joseph Rodgers used by Burt Reynolds in the movie, Gator.