Thread: Learner Honer in need of some guidance

Hi,

Firstly I must say I'm becoming more experianced with honing at work (Meat Butcher). I have a 240,800,6000 grit stones here. I know its not suitable for razor honing. But I recently purchased a Blue Wonder




(When you click the thumbnail and a seperate window comes up with the photo. Click the photo again in the imageshack website. It will make it bigger again)

As you can see one side has a very tiny bevel and the other side has a bevel about 1mm wide. This can only mean that the spine has more wear one side?

I had a quick go at honing it myself. And it passes the HHT and shaves very poorly, I wasn't expecting a miracle. But do I have to do a lot of work with this razor? The spine is something I havent had to deal with at work as I set the 11° angle myself.

Im thinking about purchasing a Shapton 3 combo set with a 1000,4000,8000

Thanks for your time

i tried to see as much as i can. from what i see i think you haven't set bevel yet? again i am talking what i am seeing from picture?

have you set a bevel yet? sorry this is the first step.

Im not sure if you got the pic to its full size. Click the picture here. And then again in the new page. These photos are taken before my attempt of honing.

Just like if I asked you how to sharpen those butcher knives there is a lot to it. That is why SRP has their Wiki . Here is the section on setting a bevel. There are honing videos here and more on honing with various hones throughout the Wiki and in the forum.

If I had your razor the first thing I would do is take a 'magic marker' and apply it to the edge and then do a couple of strokes on the hone to see if the marker comes off evenly on either side. This will tell you if the blade will lay flat on the hone. If not you will have to compensate with your honing stroke.

Check out the honing section of the Wiki and the videos and you will have plenty to go with until you start. Shaptons are good stones. I don't know if they are recommended for a beginner as much as a Norton or a Naniwa but they will do the job.

I understand and know how to set bevels. But there seems to be a much larger bevel created on the non-logo side of the razor. Seeing as you use the spine as the angle guide, I'm assuming the spine is damaged?

Originally Posted by Pougee

I understand and know how to set bevels. But there seems to be a much larger bevel created on the non-logo side of the razor. Seeing as you use the spine as the angle guide, I'm assuming the spine is damaged?

Even enlarged I have a hard time telling from the photo. The spine could be worn more on one side than the other from honing with excessive pressure in the past. Could have a bit of a warp. The marker test will tell you if it is a warp. Personally I tape the spine with one layer of electrical tape. You could try doing circles with light pressure on the side with the smaller bevel to even it out. Check every ten or so circles and see what your results are.