Thread: My first hone result with pictures

You never lapped your hones?

No, I have an Atoma diamond #1200 lapping stone. My hones were lapped each time. Good first guess though.

You were polishing a turd. That's why.

Don't give up. An don't jump grits until your bevel is doing what it's supposed to: cut hair

I think a Thier Issard special collection new razor is not a turd. Wrong guess.

Your advice about not skipping grits is valuable but i didn't skip. My "honed" razor never passed the hanging hair test. keep guessing.

Razor was defective and was replaced by the factory.

Let me try, you finally sent that Limited Edition Thiers Issard razor out to be honed by an experienced, professional honemeister?

Originally Posted by WW243

Razor was defective and was replaced by the factory.

No, the razor was not defective alas.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Let me try, you finally sent that Limited Edition Thiers Issard razor out to be honed by an experienced, professional honemeister?

I can see your sarcasm but no, if I were to hone a razor now that i found what the major issue was it would probably cut a hair in two if that hair was let to free fall on the edge. Well maybe not, but you get the idea.

Originally Posted by sunsweet

I think a Thier Issard special collection new razor is not a turd. Wrong guess.

He means you were polishing an incomplete bevel.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

He means you were polishing an incomplete bevel.

Yup, That what I meant. You are going all over the grits, but you should have stuck at +- 1k level until bevel is set then polish and refine. You mention being almost there then moving on. There is a huge difference between there and almost there . If you move on to refining grits before you have a completed bevel you are polishing something that wasn't ready to be polished in the first place.

Polishing a turd is a pretty well known term in these parts... Jut sayin'.....

Originally Posted by sunsweet

It is not so much how to hold the razor than how to free move my forearm like a conveyor belt without even a millimeter of up or down error in the movement that is impossible. The only reason that this is possible for you experienced honers is for the wrist to act as a delicate spring absorbing any differences between the honing plane and the minute errors the forearm is making. Feedback alone cannot correct sub millimeter errors it can only keep from deviating too much from what the wrist spring can absorb. As for honing with zero pressure literally speaking physically that is only happening with scales removed and the steel of the blade being pushed from behind the spine.

I am guessing that you now hone all of your razors without scales and push the spine from behind when you hone?