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02-22-2013, 04:40 PM #1
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Thanked: 13249I would do the 3 layers too
This is one of those razors that confounds me with our link to the past though on another note,,
We know some facts here
It was shaving in the past
They were honing with the spine on the hone
The edge is barely meeting the hone except for maybe 1 inch of blade
Was this why DE razors were such a success so fast
I know totallybut these razors always make me ponder the past
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02-22-2013, 05:02 PM #2
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Thanked: 247OP: Tape it up, and it'll shave just fine. As everyone else said.
Gssixgun: Perhaps a hanging strop with abrasives pasted on it, could render this result? I'm thinking strips of near sandpaper grade abrasives ofc.
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02-22-2013, 05:05 PM #3
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02-22-2013, 11:25 PM #4
I had a Wosty that looked like that. I honed until my hands fell off. Then I honed some more. It ended up being my learner razor. That said, the bevel looks all kinds of weird now but I did NOT ruin the razor, and now it's easy for me to hone. How it got out of whack I'll never know. But with all the meat on these wedges you can hone a lot without ruining things.
Three layers of tape should certainly get the bevel on the ground. But resetting the grind (what I suppose you'd call what I did) might be a good option too. Maybe Glen can chime in on that.
Peace,
Jim
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02-22-2013, 11:43 PM #5
Do you have anything known to be dead flat like a piece of glass you can check it on?
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02-26-2013, 05:19 PM #6
hi all
thanks for all the reply's, sorry I didn't reply earlier just had extremely busy weekend. 3 layers of tape sound like a good idea, will try it later on today and post the results. totally agree with you glen if it was shaving in past why wouldn't it shave now.
And to your question Lemur I actualy don't have anything I could check it on (living in small university apartment and here it is where I restore razors) but I am pretty sure my hones are relatively flat.
Regards Rafal
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03-02-2013, 06:41 PM #7
so I have tried three layers of tape and honed at 45 deg just like in Glen's videos however the result was the same, so I thought I will hone it without any tape just to straighten things up and it worked, it doesn't look the best just yet it will need to be sanded down and polished again but here is the stage at which it is now, the bevel was set with 3 layers of tape.
regards Rafal