Thread: Won't sharpen! LOL,,, heard this before?

If you're resting the edge on your skin, and you have to use _any_ pressure to shave arm hair, the edge isn't sharp.

When the edge will cut arm hair _without touching the skin at all_ -- holding the edge just above the skin -- _then_ it's time for a test shave.

Charles

PS -- this is the "arm-hair popping" test; it works for me.

Ohhh thanks Charles for that little tidbiits. I had that wrong in my mind too. I'm definitely not Sharp enough for that, now I have to figure out why. I ordered a little magnifier on eBay and hopefully it will shed some light on my struggle.

Thanks again guys, this is so fun. I love learning new things, especially when its hard...

Beer

You're not that sharp because you didn't get a good bevel set. You should stay with your bevel setter until you are popping hairs off your arm, no pressure needed really, just touch the razor to a hair and if it catches and pops all the way down the edge (toe to heel), then you're ready to move up a stone. Good luck.

Sounds like a plan. I planning on starting all over with circles on the 4000 when I get back. Too bad I can't take it with me on the road, lots of time to kill in hotels. Does anyone know about my razor? Rodgers XY quality? Sorry about all my questions...ill answer some when I know...LOL

Beer

Hi all,
So I was back at work on the razor today, LOL.. BUT! I also spent the best 5 bucks I've spent in a long time on a mini-microscope off ebay. Here's the ad for it if you're interested, it's really cool. 60X Pocket Microscope Jeweler Magnifier LED Loupe Eye | eBay And no, I'm not selling them....

Anyway... here's some video of my razor taken with the little microscoped taped to my cell phone. Maybe it can give you guys a clue as to my lack of honing skills.. I'm going to go try a shave in a bit... I'll report back. Its cutting arm hair... I think you might need to have the quicktime player installed to see them, but not sure...that's what mine is playing it with....

SHAVE REPORT:

!!!!#!@#$!@#$%!@#$!@#^%^&^%!@#@!@#!!!!!!

Sent you an email Lynn....I need a point of reference.

Originally Posted by beerosaur

SHAVE REPORT:

!!!!#!@#$!@#$%!@#$!@#^%^&^%!@#@!@#!!!!!!

Sent you an email Lynn....I need a point of reference.

Good decision, you won't regret it. It makes sharpening much easier if you know what the goal is.

Ok, so I sent some pics to Lynn and we determined my razor was pretty much a goner and likely not to hone well. Sooo...Dovo 5/8 shows up a few days later! LOL, much better! I have been able to do full face shaves twice now. A little pull here and there, but that's probably technique because the razor is beautiful. It has much more heft and generally much better quality than what I had to start with. It's more of a fine instrument, rather than a tool.

The neck and chin are pretty tough, but what a hoot! No bloodshed yet... I'll keep trying! LOL I'm digging getting some great grandpa on! Just ebayed a cool Gillette DE and a sample pack of blades...

Thanks for all your help guys. I hope to try my hand at honing again when it needs it, hopefully I don't mess up Lynns fine handiwork! For now, I plan on the occassional stropping to keep it in order.

-= Beer