Thread: King Razor honing, help please!

Originally Posted by mainaman

is it the pic or the blade has a frown?
Ina any case keep working the 1k

Originally Posted by myersn024

+1 to mainaman's comment... can't move on from the 1k until it's right.

do you have any way to look at the edge under magnification to see what might be going on?

Actually, my razor doesn't have a frown. I can't speak for the one in the pictures.

Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll

Here's a few pics. These are someone else pics (I was lazy), but it is the same model razor (scales and all).

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Some of these American steel razors can be a bit tricky to get them going...

Haven't written this in awhile But:


When you hit a stone wall (pun intended) stop, relax take a breath, then change something...

Add slurry, subtract slurry, add 1 layer of tape (to what is there now), change stones, go one grit higher, go one grit lower, change the stroke from Circles, to Japanese, to heel forward, to 45 degree, add the second hand, subtract the second hand, but don't keep doing the same thing if there is no progress...

Move in 20 laps increments ie: do 20 laps and check, if it didn't help switch someting, and do more 20 laps, keep changing until something bites into the edge and you get a scratch pattern difference...

Thanks, Glen, Got it!!!

I am sure I was close when I was originally honing using circles. My Norton 1K is only 2 inched wide so from Glen's ecouragement this time I used 30 laps heel first each side, then 30 laps toe first each side.

It took me about 120 laps each side then it was cutting arm hairs. I'll finish it this weekend then immediately give it a shave test.

Looking forward to posting the results.