Thread: Bevel Setting Under the Microscope

Isn't creating a burr on the 1k a good way to know the bevel is set?

Wow Jeff taking it step by step worked out ???? , what a danged concept

Originally Posted by Pete2s

Isn't creating a burr on the 1k a good way to know the bevel is set?

For most everything that cuts EXCEPT a Straight Razor

If you do that on a SR you are destroying the very fine edge and you have to start over again or risk your skin...

The major difference between all other kinds of sharpening is that sharp is all you need, with a SR you need sharp
and S M O O T H !!!
That aspect of dragging it across your face changes the equation...

Edit: Now if you wanted to get really really technical, as in engineering type technical, yes you could, but in real life it is harder to do, and costs more steel, and most likely skin

I tried it in the beginning, it was a bad idea Too much steel was wasted, and I had a lot of bonus work to do after I had a burr on the other side too, because after removing the burr I had a lot of big microchips on the edge that had to be removed. So I wouldn't use it, there are much better ways to see if the bevel is set.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Wow Jeff taking it step by step worked out ???? , what a danged concept

It may take a long while to get my razors like you make them, but I am working at it. Decided to try another. I will say when I get them back from you they shave soooooo nicely.........

Thanks!!

Bevel setting is under rated in honing I think. I use three different stones in combination to set a bevel (DMT600 and Shapton Ceramic Pro 1k and 2k). Excellent pictures by the way. It's good to see what a properly set bevel looks like.

The photos are very enlightening, but I'm thinking I need some recalibration.

I have read several posts where the Norton 1K is viewed as "fast cutting". As I have tried to get to a good bevel on some vintage blades (and realize now I was not getting there!) I was disappointed that after 30 or 40 circles I didn't seem to be making much headway. HNSB did 200 circles and 145 laps of X strokes. Is this typical of a "fast cutting" stone?

Thanks for your insight!

If the bevel is in bad shape, than it can happen that you need a few hundred laps ona DMT 1200, and thats an even faster cutting stone as I know. If the bevel is ok, than you can get by 30-40 laps to set a bevel.