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08-17-2009, 07:10 PM #20
There are a lot of different directions here. You're talking about taking off a wire edge, Glen. A wire edge from a razor with a bevel set if I understand correctly? For that tactic at that stage, you emphasized what IMO is important "very light" in removing the wire. I do something similar on the edge of a balsa strop after edges have gone to .5 mic diamond and chrome ox (way after bevel set) with no problems.
Purposely dulling an edge prior to honing...... I have experimented with this on a few razors and carefully viewed the edge progression along the way. Counting hone strokes, etc. I used a corner of a coticule where the previous owner of the vintage coticule had clearly made a habit of doing just that with the grooves cut into the corner of the stone. I took some razors with nicks and chips to the edge and proceeded to get clean and straight edges in short time as seen under magnification. Edges, that took a very long time, given that they were "jointed", to actually meet in a sharp edge. What I gained in creating an even edge quickly, I lost in honing that blunt edge to sharp. I concluded unscientifically that simply honing out the nicks or chips (small and micro-sized) was just as fast. Which was faster? I couldn't say. I'm not a fan of "breadknifing" but it seems to work well for others.
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