Thread: Sand paper Honing

Hello all,

Is it possible to hone using only sandpaper (and chromium oxide to finish)? If yes, how and which grits?


Thanks.

Wildtim has been experimenting with this - if I read his posts correctly. You might want to look around for them and or see if he chimes in here.

Jordan

Here's what I did and my review of the system.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=20901

The tricks to being able to get this right are having a flat surface, and getting a bubble free application of the papers to it. And I mean bubble free! If we can feel a microscopic nick in the razors edge we would feel any irregulaity honed into the razor by a bubble in our paper or a bump in our hone.

The down and dirty is that this is a cheaper system that never needs lapping or soaking to use. The downside is that preparing the hones can be a bitch, but you don't have to do it very often, You also have the ongoing cost of new paper.

I think its a good system for the cheap, experienced honer, who hones infrequently and hates the prep time for a session with their waterstones.

For the beginner or more frequent user I still think the Norton is a great bargain and easier to get good edges with.

Since, however I fit the perfect user for paper to a T it is now my system of choice for my larger honing jobs.

Thanks a lot

Originally Posted by Wildtim

Here's what I did and my review of the system.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=20901

The tricks to being able to get this right are having a flat surface, and getting a bubble free application of the papers to it. And I mean bubble free! If we can feel a microscopic nick in the razors edge we would feel any irregulaity honed into the razor by a bubble in our paper or a bump in our hone.

The down and dirty is that this is a cheaper system that never needs lapping or soaking to use. The downside is that preparing the hones can be a bitch, but you don't have to do it very often, You also have the ongoing cost of new paper.

I think its a good system for the cheap, experienced honer, who hones infrequently and hates the prep time for a session with their waterstones.

For the beginner or more frequent user I still think the Norton is a great bargain and easier to get good edges with.

Since, however I fit the perfect user for paper to a T it is now my system of choice for my larger honing jobs.

Please pay attention to this.

I have received hundreds of razors from folks with simply ruined edges as a result of sandpaper efforts, not to mention the scratched blades.

Have fun,

Lynn

I don't know if I said in my original review but I went through a couple of pieces of paper before I got it good enough to think about using. At three bucks a piece I wasted about six bucks before I even got one usable hone. Making the second was much easier, I only screwed up once.

Thats part of why I don't recommend this for beginners you have to know whats usable and whats screwed up. There aren't to many other hobbies where a bubble smaller than the head of a pin is the difference between success and failure.

Originally Posted by Lynn

Please pay attention to this.

I have received hundreds of razors from folks with simply ruined edges as a result of sandpaper efforts, not to mention the scratched blades.

Have fun,

Lynn

I can't even imagine how someones concept of a proper hone would be so screwed up as to scratch up a blade while trying. There is no way I could deal with the razors you see.