average time 1k thru 12k???

**JimmyHAD** · 05-07-2010, 03:10 PM

Gee, I think it really depends. Nice to get one that has no issues but then it becomes a matter of the steel, hardness, temper, grind. I would say I could normally do one in 15 or 20 minutes if I am lucky and average in 45 minutes if I am not. Referring to Solingen full hollows. Heavier grinds and/or Sheffields could take considerably longer. Just IME with too many ebay specials.

**mainaman** · 05-07-2010, 03:18 PM

+1 with all of the above.
Grind, temper, steel, stone and edge speciffics such as chip, smile, frown all these will affect the honing time.
On average 40min or so for me, the longest time being spent on the bevel setter.

**richmondesi** · 05-07-2010, 03:40 PM

You should expect it to take as long as it takes to get it right

**gssixgun** · 05-07-2010, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by richmondesi

You should expect it to take as long as it takes to get it right

There is the correct answer give that man a cigar LOL

I can answer this part of it for you, as an average, ONCE the bevel is SET... 15 minutes...
I say this grinning from ear to ear as the bevel I set on this ******* Greaves Wedge for the last 2 nights took 4 1/2 hours of work, including the dremel to fix the heel issue and re-buffing it to take off the ugly as sin bevel I had to do to even up all the old stuff

..... But after it passed the TNT and then popped arm hair at 1k, I was done 15 minutes later...

**Stubear** · 05-07-2010, 04:23 PM

+1 to Glen and Pauls posts! It takes as long as it takes.

The bevel setting is the real time consuming part, but once its set its usually about 30-35 minutes for me, so I clearly have a way to go before I'm up to Glens level..!

My W&B wedge took about an hour to set the bevel and my other W&B had a small chip so that took a bit of time on the 325 DMT to get right.

**gssixgun** · 05-07-2010, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Stubear

The bevel setting is the real time consuming part, but once its set its usually about 30-35 minutes for me, so I clearly have a way to go before I'm up to Glens level..!

HA !!!! Ya think I am fast???? you should watch Lynn when he is not teaching people, like in the Vids... That man really is a freaking Machine...

**JimmyHAD** · 05-07-2010, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by gssixgun

HA !!!! Ya think I am fast???? you should watch Lynn when he is not teaching people, like in the Vids... That man really is a freaking Machine...

I was thinking about Lynn and his honing. Guys get the same hones and they wonder why they can't duplicate Lynn's results. It would be like me buying a set of golf clubs and wondering why I can't play like Tiger Woods.

**Basset** · 05-08-2010, 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by gssixgun

There is the correct answer give that man a cigar LOL

I can answer this part of it for you, as an average, ONCE the bevel is SET... 15 minutes...
I say this grinning from ear to ear as the bevel I set on this ******* Greaves Wedge for the last 2 nights took 4 1/2 hours of work, including the dremel to fix the heel issue and re-buffing it to take off the ugly as sin bevel I had to do to even up all the old stuff

..... But after it passed the TNT and then popped arm hair at 1k, I was done 15 minutes later...

And in this context you mean cutting the hairs with no blade contact with the skin?

**Lesslemming** · 05-08-2010, 06:13 AM

I would suggest you to expect it to not take only some hours but
several attempts!

By that I mean you may be getting through your progression in 1-3hours
depending on your level of skill and quickness of equippment
but that you may not succeed at first attempt in creating a perfect shaving edge.
Take your time in restoring (or resharpening) blades
and expect some trial and error

**gssixgun** · 05-08-2010, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Basset

And in this context you mean cutting the hairs with no blade contact with the skin?

I keep seeing this question, and I am realizing that like every other test, this one has gone much farther, and developed over the years into more than what it was originally designed for...

The test was a go / no go test when it started, for a completed bevel set, that was it and it is still 99% accurate if used that way...

As a qualitative test, it also works by testing the way the blade cuts hair as you progress through the grits/stages, of honing, but once you do that it, loses the accuracy of the test, and it becomes more like a HHT and more subjective to the individual type of hair...
I can use it to gauge the "sharpness" as I progress, but I can't say it will work the same for you... See the slight difference there???

If the edge cuts hair at skin level or above, along the entire edge then the "bevel" is set, that part is pretty darn accurate...

Every other type of testing you do with it has to be developed for each individual...

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