Thread: Ayup from Yorkshire

I've been lurking for a while and this isn't my first post but near enough...

Been DE shaving for many years but took the plunge for a SR a few months back - a ⅝ round point from Ralf Aust. Didn't do too badly with it but felt I'd made myself a butter knife so had my first go at honing tonight - such a difference to the shave afterwards - not quite up to my DE shave results but there's hope. I'm certainly no hone expert but took my time with 3k / 8k / 12k / SRD strop and got a lot better edge for shaving. I obviously need to keep experimenting with numbers of passes on each hone but it's a start.

BTW, is it me or have some RA razors 'uneven' bevels? It seems like I've more bevel on one side than the other and this is before I honed it... I haven't got a high strength glass to check whether it's offset from centre but I'm looking at the relative chamfer sizes with my Swiss army knife magnifier ;-) I don't want to take a ton of material off with a coarse hone just to start again if it shaves OK - it just looks funny...

Cheers,

Andy

Hi Andy and welcome aboard.
I've not had experience with the RA razors but I recently purchased a new Boker and it came shave ready but with an uneven bevel.
There are a couple of threads on this if interested. I personally was shocked that a brand new razor would come with a bevel so uneven you can see it easily with the naked eye. As a newb I took it as something must be off with the razor or the bevel got set poorly. However, the edge is excellent and maintainable so that's what counts I guess. When I do get proficient with honing and can figure out how to even them out without resorting to using tape in some way, I'm going to fix it.
Paul

Hi and welcome. Could be the spine has a slight bend or the grind is slightly different where it isn't even. Makes no difference to performance or shave. I know my stones are flat but razors aren't so I can get variances in the bevels when honing. I don't bother with trying to make it perfect as long as it works properly.

Andy

Welcome to the forum.

Yes, it is a little disconcerting to see an uneven bevel especially on a new razor. If it shaves well I'd use it as is and do some research in the honing section on the causes and cures for uneven bevels. That should give you a better idea of what to look for as a cause and how to remedy it.

Most all of my razors are vintage and some have uneven bevels which I just live with as they shave well enough as is.

Bob

Thanks for your answers. I may just keep going with it and keep it shaving as is rather than taking it back to a coarse grit and starting again / potentially cocking it up with my inexperience - if it ain't broke, don't fix it...

Andy

Greetings from Norfolk! I'm another newbie!

Ayup Andy

Welcome to SRP. Sounds like your on the right path.

As all have said, although uneven bevels are unsightly as long as it shaves well all is good.
I have a new Thiers Issard that has a very uneven and wide bevel from the factory but it is a fine shaver so I can live with it.

I know a lot say send the razor to a honemeister or by it from a known place 'shave ready' but I thought, what the heck - if I can get an edge back I'll save myself 30-40 quid and a few weeks. If it goes pear-shaped within reason, I can always still send it somewhere :-) Gotta break my duck on the stones sometime...

Originally Posted by AndyYorkshire

Gotta break my duck on the stones sometime...

Now there is an expression you don't hear around here.

Bob

Alreet Andy! If you've bought the stones and fancy having a go on them, then why not? No point in not using them, but I'd advise buying a couple of cheap razors to practice on. if you mess those up, so what. Good luck.