Thread: Want to get my edges correct.

Yep...your doing just fine, for a green horn ( new guy )

Don't let things discourage you, we all have those days, honing. When we do, we walk away from it, and come back another day.

Just remember.... Some of us here, have decade's of honing experience, and can make it seem easy.

I chuckled in thought, about your edge on the GD. I was thinking about what your edges will be like in the next few years, and how you'll look back at those crappy edges, you thought were so grand in the beginning.

You'll see.....

Hi guys,

Yesterday I had great success with my Gold dollar.

I paid attention to the blade for the first time, up to that point I just rubbed a razor on a stone and hoped it would eventually get sharp. I had to spend a ridiculous amount of time wearing my razors away.

Yesterday however I got where I wanted to be much more quickly just by paying attention and thinking about what was happening.

Marty explained about warped blades and it made a massive difference.

I marked my edge with sharpie and actually looked closely for the first time at was was happening to the mark.

One side the sharpie disappeared in the centre but remained at both ends, that was an easy rolling x stroke fix.

The other side was the opposite, I suppose that was obvious but I had to see it before I understood fully. The sharpie disappeared at both ends but remained in the middle.

I don't really understand the one inch of the hone concept because although I could see how to use 1 inch on the toe, the heel was going to make the blade use the whole stone.

Anyway, I honed it by doing a basic x stroke but making sure I used the whole stone and doing a perfect stroke with the toe finishing with about an inch left on the stone. That seemed to hone the middle of the edge as it came of the stone.

I really feel like yesterday was a milestone for me and my honing took a giant leap simply by learning to pay attention and letting the blade tell me what it wants instead of closing my eyes and rubbing steel on stone and hoping for success given enough time.

https://sharprazorpalace.com/hones/1...an-mile-7.html

I did fix the GD stabilizer/shoulder (is it called a shoulder or a stabilizer?) issue with a dremel and a sanding drum. I can now hone without the stabilizer holding the heel off the stone.

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Congrats!

Originally Posted by outback

Yep...your doing just fine, for a green horn ( new guy )

Don't let things discourage you, we all have those days, honing. When we do, we walk away from it, and come back another day.

Just remember.... Some of us here, have decade's of honing experience, and can make it seem easy.

I chuckled in thought, about your edge on the GD. I was thinking about what your edges will be like in the next few years, and how you'll look back at those crappy edges, you thought were so grand in the beginning.

You'll see.....

I know you're right Mike.

I think my GD edge is fantastic and I'm really proud of myself but I still remember how proud I was of my shaving at about 10 shaves in and I laugh when I compare then to where I am now, so I know that a year from now my excellent edge will seem funny in retrospect.

I am really looking forward to that.

This hobby is humbling.

The more you know the more ways you will find for improvements