Thread: Beginners, The 1k shave . . .

Well its settled, if you cant shave off off your 1k dont bother taking it further.
I have to confess last night I had a silky smooth coticule/escher shave and I wont be shaving with my 1k again anytime soon, unless its to prove a point!
Thanks everyone for your participation. I encourage everyone following to give it a go at least one time, as far as im concerned if you got edge issues you could use some bevel work!
Special thank you to gssixgun and lynn for your honing vids, tips and tricks..

Im down for it! I have shaved arm hair with 1k but the face would be interesting

Originally Posted by danielghofrani

Im down for it! I have shaved arm hair with 1k but the face would be interesting

Daniel,
I am really curious about your results, please post when you can.
Eric

OK Sir! I will as soon as I do the experiment! (which will be very soon)

Edit : to make sure that the scratches were genuine, I removed all tapes from my beaten up Kabeso and grounded some steel, then attached 2 layers of tape to totally reset the bevel, this way I was sure that whatever I get is the real 1k edge.

after the bevel was set I did some light x strokes, and then some super light circles to take off scratches as much as I can and super light strops to remove any bur.

I stropped on Steerhide strop and now my blade is shave ready (ready for me to shave with it that is! hehe).

I am meeting with someone tomorrow so it is probably wise to keep the test shave to the weekend just in case! or maybe I don't have enough patience and I will shave with it tomorrow morning!

either way I will let you gentlemen know!

Hello gentlemen,

I just finished my 1k shave and ... Wow! First, let me explain that this is my first use of a 1k stone. My blade choice was a Fox Cutlery Co. 63, it had a minor nick near the toe so it needed to be honed anyways. I honed until I could TNT the blade with no resistance. This took roughly 75 passes doing X style on a 1k King. The rest of my methods are as follows:

20 medium pressure X strokes
20 light pressure X strokes
5 no pressure X strokes
50 laps on linen
80 laps on leather

The shave baffled me. After I shaved my left cheek, my first thought was " I did this?! -I- honed this blade?!" The shave was surprisingly smooth. Yes, my skin feels different ... But I wouldn't call this irritated. It would be more accurate to say it is lacking something. I could easily shave this way without complaints.

Over all, never thought it would end so pleasantly. I honestly expected a rougher sensation. Something along the lines of burning skin and redness, but no such signs. My endless respect and thanks to you all for conducting this experiment. I have a whole new appreciation for the 1k and bevel setting. Once again, Wow!

Many thanks,
JackofDiamonds

Originally Posted by JackofDiamonds

Hello gentlemen,

I just finished my 1k shave and ... Wow! First, let me explain that this is my first use of a 1k stone. My blade choice was a Fox Cutlery Co. 63, it had a minor nick near the toe so it needed to be honed anyways. I honed until I could TNT the blade with no resistance. This took roughly 75 passes doing X style on a 1k King. The rest of my methods are as follows:

20 medium pressure X strokes
20 light pressure X strokes
5 no pressure X strokes
50 laps on linen
80 laps on leather

The shave baffled me. After I shaved my left cheek, my first thought was " I did this?! -I- honed this blade?!" The shave was surprisingly smooth. Yes, my skin feels different ... But I wouldn't call this irritated. It would be more accurate to say it is lacking something. I could easily shave this way without complaints.

Over all, never thought it would end so pleasantly. I honestly expected a rougher sensation. Something along the lines of burning skin and redness, but no such signs. My endless respect and thanks to you all for conducting this experiment. I have a whole new appreciation for the 1k and bevel setting. Once again, Wow!

Many thanks,
JackofDiamonds

Ill bet that was a glorious feeling, Glad it worked out for you!

Update:

Gentlemen, first of all thank you for conducting this experiment. I learned a lot from it.
despite having a meeting today I could not resist the urge to try the blade I honed on 1k Norton. This razor also has some serious honewear (due to destructive testing, not normal use ;-) ) and this makes the edge cut even less effectively because the blade's angle on the hone is way too low (even with a few layers of tape). for this reason I was a bit concerned about how it would shave my face.
For my trip to the shave den, I took my Kabeso and another shave ready Dovo razor just in case.

I had noticed that the blade pulls a on my arm hair before severing them so I was expecting a painful and rough "shaving attempt". To my surprise the shave was not that bad (thanks for the TNT tip). The edge felt a little dull and after 2 passes (WTG, XTG) I had the same amount of shadow that I would normally have after one WTG pass. The blade did not scratch my face or give me any rash but I did not think the blade was sharp enough.

The biggest shortcoming of the blade is that did not shave closely.

All the best
Dan

Please keep me posted when you gentlemen move on to the 4k shave. I would love to do this again.

Thanks again for everyones participation, I welcome someone else to host the 4k challenge. Im really looking forward to participating. Any takers? Im ready to get started right away. My weakness is in the 4k, and im looking to perfect it.

I still have to try this. I need to touch up my Le Canadien which has a ding in the edge, so that's my prime candidate.