Thread: First honing required

I have two Dovo s/s straights I have been using in rotation for about 8 months now and it is time to give them a touch up. They were originally honed by Lynn and I have kept their edge keen by using a strop and a pasted paddle strop now and again. However, the pasted paddle strop just isn't giving me a good enough edge anymore.

I have a Belgian blue and a coticule and guess I need to do a few laps on the coticule.

How many laps do I need and then what should follow it? Perhaps 50 - 60 laps on the leather?

The bevel should be fine, just a touch up required.

Thanks

Try the coticule then, linen then leather, shave, if it still pulls go back to the coticule or maybe lower.

If you think that the bevel is fine still, you could try a hundred laps on the coticule, with just water. If this doesn't give you an improvement go back to the BBW with slurry.
I'd just do one of them & see how it goes. Keep the touch light, particularly the last twenty laps.

Just to be sure I am reading this right...

100 laps on the coticule? That seems a lot more than I thought a touch up would require. I feel the bevel should be fine as surely once a bevel is set it will stay good for quite a while?

Dovo is a little tricky razor.You will need to tape back of the blade at least 2 layers of the black electric tape.Only Dovo i have seen was hone right was dovo frozen steel.I don't know what do you have but if it is not frozen steel then tape it.100 laps is nonsense to me.shave ready edge should take a lot less then that.by microscope 30X and check the edge.if it is gone you will need to start from level 1.bevel setting .etc.hope this helps

I just honed my Dovo SS with one layer of tape and it seems to be fine. Shaved with it and didn't have any problem mowing down my 3 days growth. I did however use two layers of tape on my Dovo Tortoise so I might just depend. Maybe adding another layer to the SS would make it better but I can't really see getting much better than it is now.

Hmmmm guys,,,, Lynn does not use tape when he hones, ask him yourself..
adding any tape to one of his un-tapped edges is going to change the bevel angle, and you would need a lot more honing... going to a steeper angle by adding more tape would create a double bevel on a convex edge (I am assuming this after 8 months of use)...

I would just start with 10 lap sets with a slurry on the yellow, once the edge is sticky sharp on a TPT go to clear water and finish her off nice and smooth.....

If that doesn't work then you are going to have to start from scratch anyway... But I would try the easy way first... JMHO here..

Better yet PM Lynn and ask his opinion...

Apparently Dovo puts the razor at an angle so that's why the tape is useful. Also I added one layer of tape to my new SS just to keep it in brand new condition.

Originally Posted by Dups

Apparently Dovo puts the razor at an angle so that's why the tape is useful. Also I added one layer of tape to my new SS just to keep it in brand new condition.

I am not referring to tape being good or bad, I use 1 layer on every razor I hone, but this is not a new razor, and it was honed by Lynn which means that the bevel from Dovo was re-set when Lynn honed it originally.... Which means that when doing a re-touch it is the easiest to start with the bevel that was set by the original honemiester...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I am not referring to tape being good or bad, I use 1 layer on every razor I hone, but this is not a new razor, and it was honed by Lynn which means that the bevel from Dovo was re-set when Lynn honed it originally....

Ohhh I get it now! Sorry! No tape it is then.