Thread: Tape when honing = tape on balsa?

If I strop as I usually do, then the balsa does not deform, so I really don't think the edge is getting any paste. I used the pressure to see what it would take to get the balsa to deform so the edge would get on the paste.

I can't really feel the difference between paste and not, so that wouldn't help me.

Are you already honed blade with tape and testing or you just testing regular blade and don't get any effect?
what you are trying to see looking the edge? is your bevel touches balsa and chro2? or it is just on the air?
Can you post your Balsa strop with chro2 pictures too?
thank you

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

If I strop as I usually do, then the balsa does not deform, so I really don't think the edge is getting any paste. I used the pressure to see what it would take to get the balsa to deform so the edge would get on the paste.

I can't really feel the difference between paste and not, so that wouldn't help me.

I got a razor I'm going to hone tomorrow, I will hone it with tape, and finish on pasted balsa. I'll try to do one side with tape and the other without, and see if there's any visual difference in the microscope. I only have a 60 - 100 X mini microscope, but it should be enough to see the results.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

If I strop as I usually do, then the balsa does not deform, so I really don't think the edge is getting any paste. I used the pressure to see what it would take to get the balsa to deform so the edge would get on the paste.

I can't really feel the difference between paste and not, so that wouldn't help me.

You don't need to use pressure to get the benefits of chrome-on-balsa. As long as the paste is applied correctly and the razor is stropped correctly, the edge is getting paste; in the end your face will tell you as much. If you can't tell the difference something is wrong.