Thread: Beginners, The 1k shave . . .

I bought the Norton combo's a while back and have been hesitant to learn the art of the hone.
Spring break is next week and I have the whole week off with my son. Sounds like a good time to learn.
Count me in. I'll choose my razor tonight. I have a Tony Miller strop, but I'll stick to the limit.

For my razor, I chose two: J R Torrey, and an FWE Leader. Both are in great shape, so I hope I don't ruin them. Yikes.

Just test shaved 3 blades.

Genco 6/8 - Bevel set on King 1200

Torrey 1/4 hollow - Bevel Set on Norton 1k

Morley 4/8 - Bevel Set on Chosera 1k

The coarsest of all three bevels was the King. Could be me, could be the razors, but the Norton and the Chosera were both "smoother", and I use that term loosely. The Norton was nice. It cut well, and had very little irritation. The Chosera was the smoothest of them all. It cut easily, and had almost no irritable feeling.

Sorry guys, this is all I can muster this evening. It's been a long week at work, and I'm shot.

this is a great idea... i may try this out this weekend... at least half my face.. while i don't think my edges suffer, i've never shaved off something lower than 8K probably if not more... with a La nouvelle coti..

I've been working on a pipe this week, so not much time for the hones. I'll have to remedy that...

The interesting part about Maxi's results for me is that his results mimic exactly what Gssixgun says in his thread about dedicated bevel setting, IIRC. I can't read bevels with a scope, so shaving off each 1k would be about the only way I could make those bevel readings tangible. Getting a bit better at the difference between 1k and 8k btw...off topic..sorry.

Tonights shave was better then the last.
I tried some spine leading strokes for some reason, major fail....
20 x strokes then 20 zero pressure x strokes.
50 on linen and 80 on leather, no construction paper!
Conclusion, as regularjoe put it "I could shave with this way if I had to"

Originally Posted by regularjoe

The interesting part about Maxi's results for me is that his results mimic exactly what Gssixgun says in his thread about dedicated bevel setting, IIRC. I can't read bevels with a scope, so shaving off each 1k would be about the only way I could make those bevel readings tangible. Getting a bit better at the difference between 1k and 8k btw...off topic..sorry.

Good point, I use magnification to check that there are no visible "chips" on the bevel, but other then that the scope is useless to me ..

Knowing that I would be shaving directly off the 1k has improved my bevels without question. I have never dedicated so much time or used so much finesse on a 1k....

I think I have excellent edges.... Im also thinking theres going to be a dramatic improvement coming up!

Does anyone have a problem shave testing the 4k in this thread next, Im not sure I can handle 2 more 1k shaves with that escher staring me from the shelf....

This was a great idea, sometimes we forget what can be done with very little. With so much common knowledge seemingly set in stone as the gold standard, it's very easy to not remember what we can do with the tools at hand. It's experiments like these that help refresh our minds on the boundaries of what can and can not be done.