Bought a Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett off of the bay. Started honing it with one layer of super 33+ on spine and there are scratches on the blade face. Should I add another layer of tape?
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Bought a Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett off of the bay. Started honing it with one layer of super 33+ on spine and there are scratches on the blade face. Should I add another layer of tape?
Is it a wedge, or hollow grind.?
Hollow grind
something is not right.
Pics??????
When you reach the end of the honing stroke are you cleanly lifting the razor off of the hone? If not, and you are sliding the razor off the end/edge of the stone, maybe the blade face is ever so slightly making contact with the corner of the stone??
Without good photos of before and after honing it's almost impossible to say what is causing the scratches with any degree of certainty.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
Bob
Are you putting to much pressure on the blade to make it flex?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cattleman02
That's a very pertinent question. First, it is not wrong to use some preasure when setting the bevel but never enough to flex the blade. There is a meter, a rule of thumb (pun intended) about pinning: to judge how hard to hit the pin try hitting your thumbnail. If it hurts you are hitting too hard. You can make a similar one with pressure while honing. Palm hold the stone and hone with one hand. If you are applying more pressure with both hands than you can with one it is too much. It is very hard to apply too much pressure this way. It is also an argument for palm honing. You can bench hone with one hand also but once you get used to palm honing (it takes some getting used to) it is much easier. Whichever way you do it, resist the urge to push against the toe with your other (nondominant) hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by 32t
Good advice. I have heard the one about pinning, but not the one about palm honing. Wish I hnew that 25 years ago.
That's my thought, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tathra11
It's the only way I care to hone.Quote:
Originally Posted by cycklon500
The hand will act as a gimbal for the hone, and keep equal pressure along the length of the blade as u draw it across the hone.
If your putting to much pressure to the heel or toe, the hone will tilt in that direction to compensate.
I find it very helpful for blades with a smile.
Then there's manipulating the hone for blades that have a rounded, edged point, like skinning knives.
The very first diagram I'd ever seen, was how to sharpen a knife, in a boy scout hand book that belonged to my older brother.
It explained it by holding the hone in hand. So I guess that's how I adopted it, nearly 50 years ago.
I used to bench hone only until someone here gave me the advice to try palm honing. It was hard to let go of resting my fingers on the toe but now that I have gotten used to it I only hone that way except with my Dad's giant razor honing block because of the weight. Even then I sometimes palm it too.