Thread: SOS Need some help.

It's fully understandable that you want to do this by yourself. However having a Pro take a look at it and give you an evaluation and estimate would actually help you learn more than just slogging away not knowing whether your are helping or hindering.

I feel that the few funds it would take would be money well spent and steel saved.

I have a preference for a Pro. PM me and I'll give you the contact info.

Are these razors worth the trouble of all that, sending it out to someone who can hone better. Like your totally right about me not really knowing what I'm doing though. lol

Beauty and Value are in the eyes of the beholder.

Once you have an evaluation and a truly shave ready razor you then have a point to compare to when you hone.

I have often sent a razor out for a Pro hone just to see how it compares to my own work.

Thanks for the comments gents. Going to keep going on it to see if I can get it better. If not then A gracious SRP member has offered to fix it, so in the event I can't resolve it, he should be able to.

I’m not going to post the link, but you should watch drmatt357 on YouTube and his “tap and wobble” test, along with his follow up on repairing warped blades.

I’m not a professional but I am a serious hobbiest, with nearly 40 razors that I hone and use regularly. Experience comes from practice. It’s easier to practice what you see. Watch lots of good videos from reliable sources.

I agree with all the previous: tape and x-stroke are the answer.

It's easier to learn to hone razors as they are as opposed to flattening everything. There's plenty of razors that wobble after they have a good edge. there arent too many razors that are perfectly flat and straight.

You know its funny that you bring him up, I consider him kinda a friend and we talk on facebook sometimes and after watching his videos thats when I went to pressure and half stokes. Thinking I could straighten this sucker out in no time. It was after a quick search I found that repeated straight strokes could lead to a frown. And I only own 3 razors out of 7 that pass that tap and wobble. And with a 60x lighted loupe even the flat razors aren't exactly flat. So I usually do just x strokes. But this Parker is different I think it laughs a my chosera 1k so I got fustrated that it was taking so long to set the bevel after jointing it. So I started using pressure and half strokes. Like after talking with you guys and researching a bit I think this razor is warped and by me using excessive pressure I put a frown in the blade. So I think it was a combination of both a warped razor and pressure thing all compounding the issue of a frown. It is going in the right direction, and I learned something. Put the razor down, have a drink, and re-group.

heres a picture looking down the blade IDK, maybe ya'll will see something I don't. Was really hard to get my phone to focus.

Originally Posted by yondermountain91

So I started using pressure

And that's the way to wear out a razor.

Any sort of re-profiling is really best left after a bunch of experience and being able to see & understand what needs to be done.
Warped razors should not automatically be ground for repair. In many cases they can be honed as is.

Correcting a frown often ends in some spine wear but it does not need to be excessive. Pressure is you enemy in most straight razor related things.

Originally Posted by yondermountain91

You know its funny that you bring him up, I consider him kinda a friend and we talk on facebook sometimes and after watching his videos thats when I went to pressure and half stokes. Thinking I could straighten this sucker out in no time. It was after a quick search I found that repeated straight strokes could lead to a frown. And I only own 3 razors out of 7 that pass that tap and wobble. And with a 60x lighted loupe even the flat razors aren't exactly flat. So I usually do just x strokes. But this Parker is different I think it laughs a my chosera 1k so I got fustrated that it was taking so long to set the bevel after jointing it. So I started using pressure and half strokes. Like after talking with you guys and researching a bit I think this razor is warped and by me using excessive pressure I put a frown in the blade. So I think it was a combination of both a warped razor and pressure thing all compounding the issue of a frown. It is going in the right direction, and I learned something. Put the razor down, have a drink, and re-group.

I am going to be blunt here and this is just my opinion so take it for what it is worth, nothing. If you want to destroy a razor keep following your friends methods.

Bob