Thread: Honing a Double Arrow?

All,

I've recently purchased a DA from Stamps222, and I knew in advance that it will not come shave ready. I'm looking for feedback from others that have received them. Will the razor require a bevel to be set at 1k and up through the standard progression of grit, or will it have enough of an edge that I can hone it myself with lappping film?

I'd like to learn to hone, but can't afford to purchase any hones at present. Considering the number of razors was low yesterday, I decided to make the purchase while I had the funds on hand to get one, and worry about the hone later.

I've considered getting a few sheets of the larger grit size films in addition to the finer ones, but I'd prefer to hear from others with more experience before I spend that money, especially since I am unsure how the micron measurements of the film are related to the grit size of standard hones.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,

- Mark (S-4-C)

I think you'll find this chart very useful...



I did...

First of all I would recommend to buy Norton 4k/8k hone...
It is very versatile and a must have for beginners...

If lapping films (wet/dry sandpaper) is your only option for now, let me give you a piece of advice...
First of all, take a piece of wooden board and take a piece of marble, ceramic tile or some old hone that you don't use any more (grit is unimportant, but you'll have to lap the hone)...
Now glue marble, ceramic tile or flat hone thing to the wooden board with waterproof glue...
Now you can tighten your sandpaper over the flat thing (hone, marble, tile) and nail it with little nails to the back of the board... And you have flat hone...
Spray it with water and you're ready to go...

Only bad thing is that this method leaves some scratch pattern in the edge so it could fell little rough...
The cheapest option is to find some Chinese 12k hones on eBay (open_razor sells them) to polish the edge after honing like this...

Hope this helps...