Thread: Help with a Rodgers..

Looking at the bevel, it actually looks descent, nice and uniform all the way across the blade until it gets to the edge. The actual edge looks like a saw blade....

That says that you have a double bevel and I see that you have recognized that. Now you simply have to do the hardest job in honing and that is to hone until the double bevel is gone.
Whatever you do, do not raise that spine off the hone. If I were doing this I would use 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. It is much easier on the edge than a 1200 DMT. I still believe that, on some steels, not all, that the DMT or circular strokes essentially fracture and weaken the edge of the blade which leads to micrchipping at higher grits.

Just my two cents,

I appreciate the effort Allen! I'm really going to cry if that steel is just plain bad.. Like you said, it was really in pretty good shape visually...

And from the one pic, you did a VERY beautiful job on the scales. Maybe I shouldn't have asked for the pic, cuz now I'll be even more upset if it doesn't make it

Thanks for all your help gentlemen! This ababay is totally worth the effort! Check it out...



I really don't want to have to find something else to go in those gorgeous scales

The saying goes "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best".

This has proven true with this blade. I took the sage advice from randydance and dropped back to some simple 1K wet paper on a glass plate when I couldn't seem to make any progress with the meduim/fine combo.

The edge had improved and is very close now. I attempted a test-shave and it is not quite there but getting much better.

I had to work this weekend so I haven't been able to progress back up with it, but it now has promise and I'm not nearly as frustrated. I hope to go back to it tomorrow and finish it up.

I really hate trying to hone a wedge!

v/r

Allen

I've had a similar experience when using Spydie hones on some razors. The same razors honed up perfectly on waterstones and are great shavers.
Rodgers steel is some of the best but can be very hard. Possibly a softer honing medium is less likely to microchip such steels.