Thread: Leo's Daddy Learns to Hone (picture heavy)

Originally Posted by tat2Ralfy

Again I ask you to please just try it? it will take you an hour tops and give you a very simple straightforward method of getting a Razor very shave ready, what do you have to lose?

Here's my problem with the physics/geometry of the Unicot aka double bevel method. What happens when my razor gets dull again? I can't just take it to the coticule with no tape and touch up the first bevel, because only the second bevel has been doing the actual cutting. Fixing the first bevel wouldn't suffice, I'd have to set another second bevel as well.

And I can't just add a piece of tape and touch up the second bevel, because now with the original second bevel gone, the edge of the first bevel is super-blunt instead of just a little bit blunt. The first bevel would HAVE to be set again before a second bevel could be. Otherwise the second bevel will get wider and wider every time I touch up the razor.

So essentially, I'm dooming myself to requiring taping the blade for touch-ups. And not only that, I'd have to go through the ENTIRE Unicot procedure every darn time I want to touch up the razor, as would anyone else I lend/sell/give the razor to.

Bah.

Originally Posted by olafurson

Here's my problem with the physics/geometry of the Unicot aka double bevel method. What happens when my razor gets dull again? I can't just take it to the coticule with no tape and touch up the first bevel, because only the second bevel has been doing the actual cutting. Fixing the first bevel wouldn't suffice, I'd have to set another second bevel as well.

And I can't just add a piece of tape and touch up the second bevel, because now with the original second bevel gone, the edge of the first bevel is super-blunt instead of just a little bit blunt. The first bevel would HAVE to be set again before a second bevel could be. Otherwise the second bevel will get wider and wider every time I touch up the razor.

So essentially, I'm dooming myself to requiring taping the blade for touch-ups. And not only that, I'd have to go through the ENTIRE Unicot procedure every darn time I want to touch up the razor, as would anyone else I lend/sell/give the razor to.

Bah.

Not so my friend, once your razor is dull you will not have lost the second bevel just dulled the very very edge of it, as with any razor, so for touch ups you will only need to add a piece of tape and touch up on the coti with water, it will take a few touch ups before you have to reset the initial bevel and go through the whole process again, so if you shave everyday with the same razor thats at least a good year or more until you may have to spend 1/2 hour re-honing.
Also if its the thought of the double bevel that you dont dig, you can go with the dilocut method, less than an hour from properly dull, no tape, you or anyone else can just touch up as needed dead simple.
Please understand I am just offering a simple way of achieving a superb shaving edge, thats within reach of anyone wanting to learn to hone.