Newsflash-straight shaver tortured to death by razor.

When I got my new TI Damascus it was in sorry shape. It was like a butter knife. It took me months of on and off honing to get it to shave. That was probably 7 years ago and all I had was a Norton 4K/8K and a Kitayama. Eventually it was tamed and I've been shaving with it for years on and off probably 100 plus shaves without even a touchup but I knew the dreaded day would come some day when it needed to be honed and that day arrived yesterday.

Yes I had this dream last night it was siting on the table talking to me, mocking me, daring me to hone it. Then it started following me around the house laughing. I pulled out every hone I had and as I started to hone it the hones started to crumble in front of me and the razor laughed even harder. My horsehide strop turned into a horse right in front of me and galloped off. Wow what a dream.

This morning I kept putting off the inevitable. But it still sat there staring at me while I was eating breakfast giving me indigestion. I started to hone it but I chickened out and put it off until lunch but chickened out again. Finally the missus said "are you going to hone that thing or whistle dixie?"

Well I couldn't put it off any longer. That thing is made from wootz steel and is as hard as, well, really hard steel.

So I did about 50 passes on .5 diamond and 50 passes on .25 diamond and you know what? It shaves BBS. Harsh from the .25 diamond but tomorrow I'll put it on the CrO to smooth it out.

So all you bright guys out there whats the moral of the story here?

Moral of the story? Hmmm....... Dont let no punk razor talk trash to ya! Sounds like ya gave it a sincere whoopin'!


PS How do you come up with these insane stories, love em!

The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself....

Don't hone or browse SRP before bedtime? Lol!

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

... I started to hone it but I chickened out and put it off until lunch but chickened out again. Finally the missus said "are you going to hone that thing or whistle dixie?" ...

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Is this a true story, or an allegory? :)

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Originally Posted by LarryAndro

Is this a true story, or an allegory? :)

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LOL :rofl2:

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

... My horsehide strop turned into a horse right in front of me and galloped off...

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Talk to your doctor about your medication if you begin to hallucinate? :shrug:

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

So all you bright guys out there whats the moral of the story here?

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Follow your dreams?

Maybe some 0.25 µm Fe2O3 can add some smoothness after crox? But that is a softer mineral than crox. (Iron to iron, to add some moral to this lucid story)

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Originally Posted by LarryAndro

Is this a true story, or an allegory? :)

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Well, maybe a little poetic license with the dream part but otherwise a true story.

Once honed right, follow-up is not so bad.

Actually just to tell you how tough this steel is I did 50 passes on CrO on my bench strop and it toned down the harshness very very slightly. I estimate it will take at least 200 passes on the CrO it get it right. Tell me any razor you would ever dare use anything even close to that in passes.

It's telling you that you need to take out a 2nd Mortgage and buy a few more stones! What good is a house if you can't have a good shave?

Just to **** it off, rather than try to placate it w/ some stone from France, either something from it's German nemesis (escher), or from the opposite side of the world (Jnat) - just to show it who's boss. Don't take any guff from that bad boy.

I'm certain there will be much agreement to this. 'Spoke w/ a member today that had $1400 or so in a jnat. I may not be able to do the same, but I'm not convinced he has erred. 'Some nice edges. I'll shave w/ one of them in a couple wks.

Should the Eschers and Jnat's not consume all available house equity, perhaps a few Zowada, Livi, Harner, Williams blades? And, of course 24 carat razor stands that would be fitting of such hardware. It's only right.

Your path is clear.

Learn to dream up some Ronin Rust Samurai to fight back at that razor in your dreams next time.... :)


Mick

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

When I got my new TI Damascus it was in sorry shape. It was like a butter knife. It took me months of on and off honing to get it to shave. That was probably 7 years ago and all I had was a Norton 4K/8K and a Kitayama.
Yes I had this dream last night ............

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Considering this was seven years ago when you were greener than the honer you are today, why not give it a total bevel set to finish?

More importantly lay off the heavy food before bedtime so your dreams will be less violent:)

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

So I did about 50 passes on .5 diamond and 50 passes on .25 diamond and you know what? It shaves BBS. Harsh from the .25 diamond but tomorrow I'll put it on the CrO to smooth it out.

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Sorry, I was never much good at that morals and morality stuff, but I do have a question about diamond/felt -- why does .25 feel harsh? I've got a .25 felt strop/block, and I use it when I have to, but I'm reluctant to use it, it does feel harsh. Why?

You'll probably have to ask one of the heavy hitters around here that question.

I would guess, in general, Diamond being so hard and fast cutting coupled with the type of cutting edge it presents to the steel and the particle size yield that result. But this is only a guess.

As far as redoing the edge now from beginning to end it's unnecessary because the edge is as sharp as it needs to be it's just a matter of working on the smoothness which about 250 strokes on CrO tamed very nicely.

If I ever had to do a bevel job on that razor it still would not be an easy job even with better skills and more hones it's just a miserable razor to work on. I'd rather redo a bevel on a Kamisori any day of the week.

If anyone out there has done a bevel job on one of these things chime in I'd love to hear your experience.

Your a better man today than 7 years ago.

Like a fine red wine