Thread: Soft blade?

I dont know what make the stones are, nothing fancy. They are flat though.

The paste is the solingen Stanger pasta.

I see the frown in the photo but not in real life, I think its a trick of the light and the lens on the camera maybe. Im off to measure the blade along its length now as I get the feeling it may not be very even.

Ive got a shave ready (wait for it) gold dollar Ill give that a go and see how that works. Its been altered and honed by a guy who seems to know what he is doing.

The reason I ask about the stones is not all stone work well with honing razors.

It is not just about grit size, the binder plays a very large part in successful honing of razors.

Many have tried inexpensive stones off EBay and other places and hand nothing but problems with them on razors. These are knife stones and may work with knives but not with razors.

You have to remember the Razor Honing market is very small, and we use hones designed for other tools and knives, that just happen to work for razors.

There are only a relative handful, that are proven performers, the King, Norton and Naniwia are the most common and least expensive.

You may want to consider purchasing a set of stones exclusively for razor honing. An inexpensive set, that are proven performers will go a long way to improving your honing skills.

There are tons of threads on starter honing sets, in the hone forum.

Im on a bit of a tight budget to be honest, however I will see what I can find

I used this one and this one. (links to amazon). They seem to work well enough dont clog or grab they feel even and the lines they leave on the blade look even as far as I can see.

I have just measured the thickness of the spine as I wondered if it was thinner where it shows signs of honing the most (towards the tip) it is in fact .54mm thicker there which explains the excess honing marks I guess.

I will do what is suggested though. Leave it to one side as I quite like the blade and would hate to spoil it.

Originally Posted by Bonio

Im on a bit of a tight budget to be honest, however I will see what I can find

I used this one and this one. (links to amazon). They seem to work well enough dont clog or grab they feel even and the lines they leave on the blade look even as far as I can see.

I have just measured the thickness of the spine as I wondered if it was thinner where it shows signs of honing the most (towards the tip) it is in fact .54mm thicker there which explains the excess honing marks I guess.

I will do what is suggested though. Leave it to one side as I quite like the blade and would hate to spoil it.

Seem similar to that of Norton stones. Should work as long as you lapped the stones and know indeed they are flat. They really don't come lapped or truly flat in my experience from the factory even if bought new.

See if there is someone that has honed and proficient in your area that can assist you. I would also finish up on a 12k grit like a Naniwa to get that final edge for shaving. If you don't have one seek someone in the area also. But you can shave off a 8k stone for sure.

Good luck and just make sure those stones are truly flat by lapping them or getting someone to do it for you.

Those are carborundum silicon carbide stones and are meant mostly for stainless steel knives and tools. They probably are flat, but they work better after they have been burnished in with a piece of scrap steel.
I've never been able to get a smooth edge on plain carbon steel with carborundum; however, a good finisher after the 8k will smooth up the carborundum edge.

The 1k stone is a good one to remove chips from blades and to do a bevel set on a stainless razor.

You do have a nice razor there, it can be brought back to life, but it will take some honing gymnastics to get it shave ready. I'd put it aside for now until you learn some more honing - or if you really love it, send it out to honed which is probably cheaper than buying more hones.

What Brand is the razor ????

It has no manufacturer on it just made in sheffield