Originally Posted by
BFMC AJ
When I look at the edge in the light it appears nice and even with no indication of a line (can't remember what that line is called). A double bevel but you have to take great care in creating one... or you made one by mistake and lifted the spine....
I've avoided using anything below a 3000 grit because I thought that was a no-no for a blade unless it was already damaged in some way.
Not necessarily, if the bevel is very rounded then a 1k stone can cut that metal away very quickly
So should I drop down to a 1000 for 10 or 20 passes and then do a pyramid with 3000 and 8000 grit? There is no set number of laps, I just did a W&B hollow that required about 120 laps on a 1k to get the bevel right and a Craftsman and a Wacker that required 20 each so that depends on the razor.... Keep in mind that those pyramids that you see were actually developed for use with the Norton stones....
Also, I've seen some people talk about putting some tape on the spine to prevent wear when honing. But that seems like it would mess up the angle. Am I right? No the angle change from one layer of electrical tape is insignificant.... in fact there are some of us that swear by it too...
(a whole other can of worms there)
One more question...ok, three. I've seen people talking about using a barber hone to "freshen" the edge with 3 to 5 passes. How often is normal for that? Every two or three weeks? Is that instead of using the linen?
No there is no qualification of "NORMAL" each person and razor is different... The use of linen only cleans the edge before stropping but this is another topic of heated discussion here... the simple fact is that it is way easier to maintain an edge then to create one...
Thanks for the help everyone. I don't expect this to be easy or to produce results anywhere near what SRD got on my other razor...but passing the HHT would be nice. Oh yeah, I decided to send in this razor too so it could be sharpened correctly since I am using both of them for daily use. I'll practice on a couple of others to get honing right.