Thread: Pyramid Honing

Originally Posted by BHChieftain

Hi,

Can the concept of pyramid apply for BBW and Coticule? Or does watering down the slurry on the BBW before moving to the Coticule + water pretty much take care of this?

I've been doing BBW + slurry, then water down the slurry, then move to coticule + water per Bart's wiki article.

-Chief

When I use the coticule I do that too and it seems to work very well. Bart mentions in some of his writings that if you want more keenness following the yellow step back to the blue/slurry and then back to the yellow/water to polish. Seems to work well for me. Not exactly a pyramid but maybe the same principal.

Lynn,

Thanks very much for the review.

When you mention 45 degrees, do you mean at a 45 degree angle to the long axis of the stone?

It's a shame your documents showing metallurgical validity to the technique got lost in a fire. They sure would make interesting reading.

Jerry

Originally Posted by figaro

It's a shame your documents showing metallurgical validity to the technique got lost in a fire. They sure would make interesting reading.

Jerry

That Vodka is extremely flammable.

Originally Posted by figaro

Lynn,

Thanks very much for the review.

When you mention 45 degrees, do you mean at a 45 degree angle to the long axis of the stone?

It's a shame your documents showing metallurgical validity to the technique got lost in a fire. They sure would make interesting reading.

Jerry

Yeah, I hate when that happens........

Correct on the 45 degrees.........Normal X stroke is 90 degrees.

Have frun,

Lynn

Lynn,

Have you used the Mastro Livi forth and back stroke with any success? I asked a barber who works in one of the buildings my crew takes care of about honing razors and he said "always use the small circles, small circles on the hone when you sharpen a razor."

So many challenges for us tyros, so many challenges.

Thanks for a valuable reference point.

Originally Posted by Bruce

Lynn,

Have you used the Mastro Livi forth and back stroke with any success? I asked a barber who works in one of the buildings my crew takes care of about honing razors and he said "always use the small circles, small circles on the hone when you sharpen a razor."

So many challenges for us tyros, so many challenges.

Thanks for a valuable reference point.

To me the little back and forth is basically a variation of the circle strokes. My own experience has been that the circle strokes are more effective. You can move some metal though with that back and forth stroke and some pressure if that is what you are after.

The more you hone, the more you learn.......

Lynn

Thanks Lynn for the reminder that to get really over the top sharpness one should use pyramid type progression. I often stray from this and just today after reading this post I went back to the basics and got one of my daily shavers back to the top of its' game.

Take Care,
Richard