First attempt @ large blade, 9/8 W&B
Today for the first time I honed a W&B which is 9/8. It is the first time I ever honed a blade this big. I looked at the edge under magnification and noticed is had some chips that would need removal. I started on the 220 and kept working until the edge What was nice was I could see the angle of the bevel being created also. After the edge was clean I started on the 1K and proceeded until it popped hair. I looked at the edge also and could see a straight and well defined bevel. I then went to the 4K and did enough laps until the water was being pushed in front of the blade and the blade glided smoothly over the hone. I looked at it also and it was nice and clean and the bevel was clearly defined. There were small scratch marks but none of the marks left by the 220 were present.
I moved to the 8K and continued until I could see the edge start to really reflect light. I then moved to the 12K. As I was working on the 12K I could see the edge really start to reflect the light in the room and I could see without magnification that the edge appeared very smooth. I then went to diamond spray, Crox on a paddle then to the strops.
Oh, by the way the rocks were Norton and a 12K Naniwa.
As we all know the only real test is the shave test. So off to the shower and shave. I have to say my little program worked really well. I got a nice smooth shave on a single pass. You can read it here.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...tml#post880967
Enjoy your day!!
