Thread: Rolling X

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I got your rollin'x right here!

You da man, Mike!

I can just hear Joe Pesci's voice in my head when I read that. PHEW! Comedy is good medicine.

My response might have sounded a little snappy in return.. Apologize for that.. I also lied a little bit in saying i didnt touch a stone in the 1st year of learning.. I bought the norton 4000/8000 & naniwa ss 12000.. And like the majority i too wanted to jump 8n head first and did for a little bit. But i soon found out that i didnt even know how to strop a razor to keep it usable but.was doing even more damage whem i took it to a stone... So at that time i put them away and stropped my ass off ... Evem when they didnt need it i was stropping all the time.. Drove my wife crazy but i tell you what i learned how to keep an edge on a razor for a long time... So just from my own experience im a big advocate of of using a strop for edges... Its certainly not for me to tell anyone the way that they learned how to use and maintain.straight razors is the wrong or right way... As a matter of fact after putting out my last post it reminded me i had been putting off a Heljestrand that i needed to put on the finisher so just got that stubborn bugger done!.. Take care all.
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Like with most things there are several ways to the same end. There really is no one size fits all solution but just suggestions on how to go about things. That really goes for when to learn and how to hone. Nobody has suggested any really bad ways but there definitely are a few bad ones out there. In the end the individual simply has to pick a way and try it. You learn from experience which is the best way for yourself. I think everyone hones a little different in the end anyway.

Bob

Hi Guys,

I hear people refer to bread-knifing.

I assume they're not talking about sharpening a bread knife.

Steve

A good read.

https://sharprazorpalace.com/advance...l-setting.html

Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btrOjC0S2gM

I think that ^^^^ about covers it.

Gulp.. unfortunetly somewhat been there on accident..

Originally Posted by STF

Hi Guys,

I hear people refer to bread-knifing.

I assume they're not talking about sharpening a bread knife.

Steve

Read that article carefully, you DO NOT need to always start at 90° "Breadknifing" it depends on the damage you are fixing

In the article that razor had a double-dipped chip which is HIGHLY susceptible to cracking if you were to start at a lower angle on the hones, that is why I took it down at 90° first then dropped the angle as I corrected

True 90° breadknifing is a DRASTIC restore option, use with caution

I just got a bad bad feeling on this

You started off asking how to do a smiling razor

Now you are asking about Breadknifing


DO NOT !!!!! Breadknife a smiling razor to make it easier to hone, you will DESTROY the geometry

Already plenty of those abortions for sale on eBay no need to make more

If I am reading that wrong, I apologize

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I just got a bad bad feeling on this

You started off asking how to do a smiling razor

Now you are asking about Breadknifing


DO NOT !!!!! Breadknife a smiling razor to make it easier to hone, you will DESTROY the geometry

Already plenty of those abortions for sale on eBay no need to make more

If I am reading that wrong, I apologize

Hi Glen,

Don't worry, I have no intention of bread knifing anything ever.

I just heard the term and wondered what it meant (education).

I am an avid watcher of your youtube vids. I must have seen them all half a dozen times.

After lunch I am going to hone my smiler on 4k/8k Nortons with the swoop and see if I can get it sharp.

I have shaved with it after honing it and it feels pretty smooth, shaves well enough but won't pop hair on my arm so I guess it's not right yet.

This will be my third try on the stones, lucky it's only a practice razor eh?

Steve