Thread: Kamisori panic

So are you still on the fence? If so, I'd send that thing out and get on with things. You'll have to wait for it to come all over again

Lol, no im waiting for the shapton 12k to arrive in the post,,,,,,,anticipation is killing me

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Steel abrasion has never been a problem
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after all isn't Rocket Science is exactly
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Was I sleeping? "Rock"et science.
Glen you almost got away with this pun.

Originally Posted by Hoddy

So my question is, how do i hone it in the least abrasive manner possible, but still effective. I have shapton pro 8 and 16k.

Hate to tell you but the Shapton 12 k you ordered is very abrasive ... for a 12 k at least.... so it is not the least abrasive manner for honing but it may be appropriate.
My question to you is how do you know what is appropriate & when do you stop honing? If you have a method you will be fine. You will likely need to do less than you think.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Hate to tell you but the Shapton 12 k you ordered is very abrasive ... for a 12 k at least.... so it is not the least abrasive manner for honing but it may be appropriate.
My question to you is how do you know what is appropriate & when do you stop honing? If you have a method you will be fine. You will likely need to do less than you think.

My current thoughts are to hone on the 8 k till hair popping time, repolish with the 12k and then finish on 1 and .3 3m micron film. From the 12 k up all with stropping strokes no back and forth (using 7:1 depending on how it comes along)

I'm surprised it's not popping hair now but sounds like you have a plan. You could start on the 12k maybe .

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I'm surprised it's not popping hair now but sounds like you have a plan. You could start on the 12k maybe .

The bevel is so straight and level, but its not sharp by my standards......if the 12k will do the job, i will try that first, thanks oni

Originally Posted by Hoddy

The bevel is so straight and level, but its not sharp by my standards......if the 12k will do the job, i will try that first, thanks oni

Now, my experience is limited to one Kanenaga Kamisori, but I've found that though it shaves nicely, it doesn't feel as sharp as my other straight razors. By feel, I mean, on my thumbs and fingers. For lack of an objective way to describe it, I'll state that it feels safer using my thumb to investigate the sharpness of the kamisori than it does doing the same with my straights. This leads me to the belief that the shave tells all.

Cheers,

Jack

The kamisori should feel sharper while shaving than your western straights, IMO. It should require very light pressure with a steeper angle. Mine does, at least. My TPT isn't calibrated enough to compare things. It either catches in the callus there or doesn't.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Hate to tell you but the Shapton 12 k you ordered is very abrasive ... for a 12 k at least.... so it is not the least abrasive manner for honing but it may be appropriate.
My question to you is how do you know what is appropriate & when do you stop honing? If you have a method you will be fine. You will likely need to do less than you think.

+1

Shaptons do seem to be abrasive (read as fast).

Use a light touch and half the strokes to start.
Adjust more or less as you learn the hone.
Where a Chinese 12?K natural might take 100 strokes
a Shapton might be done at five or six. Also
there is little concern for hardness. Hard or soft
steel the Shapton seems to do well with both. At least
my hard New York state razors hone as quick and easy
as old English steel.

This is possibly a place where a balsa or other "tight" pasted
strop can add that last final polish to eliminate harshness.