Thread: Taping the spine

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I always use fast cutting stones & /or small progression jumps & rarely feel a need to joint an edge. Possibly that colours my opinion.

I do the same. Never had a problem with burrs

A quick question if I may.

How do you make a frown?

Or more to the point, how does one avoid making a frown?

I haven’t done it and obviously don’t want to.

My question is for education, I am a believer in learning from other people’s experience (and mistakes).

Steve

How to avoid and cure a frown

https://sharprazorpalace.com/honing/...tml#post398776

Originally Posted by STF

A quick question if I may.

How do you make a frown?

Or more to the point, how does one avoid making a frown?

I haven’t done it and obviously don’t want to.

My question is for education, I am a believer in learning from other people’s experience (and mistakes).

Steve

Fixing a Frown vs Avoiding a Frown - Two different techniques



Avoid a frown by NEVER honing straight up and down ANY hone
Avoid a frown by always honing "Toward a Smile" hone the razor as if it had a smile

Fixing a frown read that thread, or any other on high angle honing

Along with all of the ways that poor honing can create a frown, there is sometimes the tendency to frown baked in by a poor grind. If the middle of the grind is thinner than the grind at the toe and heel, there is less steel there to be removed when you're honing. Kind of a macro example of how an interfering stabilizer can cause a heel hook which is a small radius frown caused by having more steel to be removed at the heel.

A sign of this would be smaller bevel reveals in the area that is frowning.

One addition to avoiding a frown . Never hone with your fingers on the middle of the blade or spine ie if you use 2 hands.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Fixing a Frown vs Avoiding a Frown - Two different techniques



Avoid a frown by NEVER honing straight up and down ANY hone
Avoid a frown by always honing "Toward a Smile" hone the razor as if it had a smile

Fixing a frown read that thread, or any other on high angle honing

Hi Glen,

If I always hone as if it had a smile, wouldn’t it create a smile?

Please correct me if I am wrong but I would prefer not to create a smile if the blade didn’t have one before I got my hands on it.

Steve

The old barber texts recommend honing to a smile regardless cos you know what the other option is

Originally Posted by onimaru55

The old barber texts recommend honing to a smile regardless cos you know what the other option is

Steve
After you have honed a few, you will see the wisdom in this.

A straight edge is as close to a frown as you can get.