Thread: Why does the razor get burs?

Nice and easy don't rush it...

and I will post next time I am down, still have family there so it is at least twice a year....

Well I spent about an hour on my blade last night. Used the 4k until it popped my arm hair, then went to the 8k, and finally stropped the snot our of it. My shave WTG was excellent but ATG was not so good. It just didn't hold up so perhaps I could have gotten it a bit sharper still.

Sharper is easy now....
Only use the 8k
Start with 10 laps sets again with a wet stone...
do 20 total laps wet, spinning the stone end to end every 10 laps so you are reversing the side you are using... Since you want to use an extremely light touch here you want to make sure that the stone is not messing that up...
After the 20 wet laps rinse off the stone, and start again, and go real slow and light, letting the stone go to almost dry as you do, this will get the max out of a Norton 8k...
Then strop and shave, once you have this technique down pat you are getting the most out of the stone....

NOW !!! if you think that the blade edge is not equally sharp from heel to toe then do the conservative pyramid until it is.... then try this technique after the pyramid to smooth out the edge....

Good grief man; there's a lot to it! I'll make it happen "exactly as you have instructed" and report back!

Yes there is, the wife tells me all the time the only reason I am any good at this stuff, is the OCD side of my personality

i wouldn't want to interrupt but because of dovo i would add this.Tape back of the blade.use at least 2 layers of electric tape.
Please dont do this untill gssixgun tells so.
I don't know ths particular Dovo

Done! I had a gangleon cyst asperated from my wrist Tuesday so I couldn't finish honing the blade. Now I'm done and I can honestly say the blade has never been this sharp before. The shave was unbelievable! Thank you so much for teaching me how to use my stone! I really appreciate it!

When you come back, dinner is on me!

Jeff

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO !!!!
Glad it worked out for you, good job !!!!

BTW now that yer done Bud is absolutely correct you can use 1 layer of tape on there to protect the spine from excessive hone wear,,, But I didn't want you to have to reset that bevel since you were so close to where you needed it to be...

Next time try that out too if you want to...

And yes next time I am down, we'll all get together, I'll bring my Brother in Law along since he is now a straight shaver and a SRP member (Colorado/Don) look forward to it....

Originally Posted by gssixgun

OK lets get you back up and running,
Start on the 4k don't go anywhere else but that 4k
make sure it is lapped and even
Start with very light pressure (note not zero pressure)
start doing 10 lap sets
continue doing them until the edge evens up and is nice, smooth and shiny..
The edge has to pop arm hair from the toe to the heel, period
This gives you a repeatable stage in honing....

Once it's there then do 10 more very light very perfect x strokes...
Now and only now go to the 8k
Do 10 lap sets, very light, should take about 20 laps maybe 30 depending on your stroke...
Strop the crap out of it, use .50 paste if you have it, and go shave....

The tuff part is always getting a repeatable point for honing, the more you hone the easier it gets, as your technique improves....
Also burrs or an over honed edge is normally from to much pressure...

PS: Don't buy anymore stones untill you master the 4/8

great advice glen. i have been struggling with my honing lately and i think this bit of advice will get me back on track.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO !!!!
Glad it worked out for you, good job !!!!

BTW now that yer done Bud is absolutely correct you can use 1 layer of tape on there to protect the spine from excessive hone wear,,, But I didn't want you to have to reset that bevel since you were so close to where you needed it to be...

Next time try that out too if you want to...

And yes next time I am down, we'll all get together, I'll bring my Brother in Law along since he is now a straight shaver and a SRP member (Colorado/Don) look forward to it....

I've got a second razor that I "might" have stropped incorrectly that I'll try the tape on. Thank you very much and you too bud! I'm so glad I went with the straights!