Thread: Here is a hot potato!

And BTW.I have quit using tape on all honing, even wedges.
I feel it f###s up the movment of my razor on the hone.

Kristoffer.

Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

And BTW.I have quit using tape on all honing, even wedges.
I feel it f###s up the movment of my razor on the hone.

Kristoffer.

It is a known fact that those who don't use tape on their blades when they hone suffer micro chips, microscopic bumps on their bevels and have to strop between passes.

Thats nice Jimmy.Mock me.

Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

Thats nice Jimmy.Mock me.

All in good fun Kristoffer .... if I didn't feel we were friends I wouldn't have done it.

Kristoffer, as an aside: are you near the sea and do you think the silty sea air could expedite oxidation of your razors?

I've heard people use coticules or barber hones before each shave, albeit with fewer passes IIRC. It doesn't seem illogical. A fresh edge each time can't be wrong. The thing that worries me though, is that this steady abration shortens the life span of the razor (and the hone).

I wonder if that little line you see is not the result of too much pressure from honing rather than from microchipping. Does it only appear after you shave? Is it possible its just soap residue or residue from your strop? The strop does leave something on the edge when your done with it. I usually clean the blade using a stropping motion on a soft cotton garment, like an undershirt or an eyeglasses rag before looking at an edge under magnification.

Leighton:

No, there is deffinatly a change in the edge after 5 or so shaves.After all this is only natural, the beard will break down the edge as will any matereal being cut.Have you ever seen a mag. of a DEblade being used to long? SCARY!

Kristoffer

Let's talk about that strop.

Some days I do not believe in overhoning. It could come from too little pressure as much as too much. imo it would take way more pressure than anyone with common sense would apply to a razor, especially after reading all the admonitions here.

with too little pressure the edge maybe could float up allowing the bevel to thin excessively behind the edge.

The edge dimension is not much less than any other very sharp tool, the greater differences are the thin metal of the body, low angle, and often very hard steel.

every turn and pass should erase any bur that is formed- so the size of these is far smaller than we can see or feel again imho

But what about that strop. Condition, age, history all that. Shave angle can ruin a good edge as well from what I've read.

I've had similar experiences-short edge life, tried to fix via hone strategy, somehow fixed themselves,

so if you rule out overhoning, thin edge possibilities, and accept that Kris is simply returning to a fresh honed edge everyday, shave angle, beard prep, and stropping is all that's left.

Kris, Can you detect repair of the edge after stropping?

Of course I know your kidding Jimmy.Its stupid that its not possible to just answer with a short indication that you are laughing,wich I did btw.

To answer the other question, yes I do live very close to the sea, but I don't know about the effect.As far as the lifespan of razors and hones.I have enough razors to last several generations, and I would also be very impressed if anyone could wear out a coticule through normal honing.For us I guess that would be every day right?

I think Lynn said he went through seven norton 4000\8000, but synt.last shorter then naturals.And besides, Lynn is not normal, not even on this forum

Kristoffer

My apologies Kris.

You didn't for advice after all. Exploring these things is helpful for finding solutions when odd things start happening- like to me