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03-18-2011, 01:25 PM #1
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Thanked: 335I have a damascus razor of vaunted quality which has had 3 time-outs in the drawer. It's still winning, but I seem to be gaining on it.
If it weren't for these occasional frustrations life would be too easy. Hmmm?
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03-18-2011, 01:34 PM #2
I hear you!
It is fun with these challenges. I suppose that is what makes honing such a great past time, you never know excactly what each new blade will be like on the hones.
I finally nailed my challenging blade, in fact I Actually used it for todays SOTD. Smooth shave
Good luck with the Damascus bladeBjoernar
Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
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03-18-2011, 01:42 PM #3
The particular blade you mention is Very quality blade i should say high quality.
this doesn't meant what Jimmy mention is not possible.
there is very little chance problem with heat treatment but if it is the case just give up.
lastly In some cases if you do have problem with h/t 1 layer of tape may help. just try and see.
gl.
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03-18-2011, 01:56 PM #4
Thanks, Sham!
I'll be sure to watch this blade going forward, to see if there is any abnormal
behaviour with it.
If it holds the edge I've finally been able to put on it, then I guess it is ok, but if it doesn't hold up during a few shaves, I guess it could be a heat treatment issue.
I sure hope not, I like the looks on this thing, and hopes it is okBjoernar
Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
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03-18-2011, 02:06 PM #5
Birnando, I don't mean heat treatment in the sense that it is faulty and the blade is no good. I mean that some blades may be harder steel, more abrasion resistant, than others. For example, IME, the dubl duck line of razors are easily brought to a superb shaving edge. The dubl duck Wonderedge is not easy at all. I only have one but it took a lot of work to dial in and I attribute that to the cyro hardening they used on that one model. I may be mistaken but I believe that treatment would make the steel more abrasion resistent and IMHO that is what makes some razors more difficult to hone.
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Birnando (03-18-2011)
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03-18-2011, 02:16 PM #6
Thanks for the clarification Jimmy!
I actually recognize this now that you mention it. I had the hardest time with my Wonderedge six months ago. I got it to shave, but never to its full potential I believe.
A pity I gave it away
Knowing what I know now, and with a little bit more experience I would have loved to give that one another go.Bjoernar
Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
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03-18-2011, 03:00 PM #7
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Thanked: 4942Some blades are just "Stubborn". You run into them periodically and it can be a brand or type of blade that you have honed a bunch of before with great success. No real explantion. Just happens. I agree with Jimmy and Glen in that, I will try to hone that blade 1 or 2 more times on a different stone or use a different method and if it doesn't work, I just put it away for next time.
Good thing is that they are all not stubborn.........
Have fun,
Lynn
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Birnando (03-18-2011)
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06-12-2018, 10:54 PM #8
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Thanked: 96My barber gave me a Dubl Duck wonderedge that was his fathers. It had rust and he used a barbers hone that looked like a brick. He asked me to hone it and I used my Naniwa 3k, coticule, 12k Naniwa, a paddle strop with .5 & .25 paste, then Tony Miller linen strop and last his strop. I am not in Glen or Lynn's class for honing but I was surprised how good I got the edge. Couldn't resist a shave and it was smooth as could be. Takes a really nice edge.
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06-13-2018, 03:32 AM #9