Thread: Razor 911

Originally Posted by P8TRIOT

GS, not surprising they linked to your video—which I love by the way. You have always been helpful to me.

Not surprising, my technique was totally off. I was honing this razor as though it was a western style with proportional progressions. I was doing like 10/10, when I really I should have been doing the progression you have in your video 5 or 7/1. That is maybe my biggest mistake?

I think you're biggest mistake was in honing the tang. In technical terms you created a wibbly wobbly bevvlly wevvly geometry.
A regrind will not replace the metal you removed.
Make sure you understand what needs to be done if you plan to put it on stones again yourself.

All Japanese single bevel tools should have very little honing on the ura or 'back"