Thread: nos honing?

its a frameback i ordered as well. i think this is a sign

Originally Posted by Oakeshott

I've bought some NOS framebacks recently and didn't set the bevel on any of them. They are among some of my sharpest razors. A little depressing considering what it says about my bevel setting skills.

If your new to honing and feel the nos needs some work, you can paint the back and edge with magic marker, take a few strokes on a hone and give us the pics of it.
That way it's easier for people here to help you out!

i am relatively new to honing. if it does need work its going straight to mr miller, im not going to ruin it.

also lemur, when you say back, do you mean the spine?

Originally Posted by bombay

also lemur, when you say back, do you mean the spine?

Yes, I meant spine!

Some Spa time at Mr Millers place probably can't go wrong!

Good luck with it!

If you send it off, at least, ask your honemeister what he did and why he did it. That is, if he will tell you his honing secrets, lol.

I always reset the bevel and always tape the spine on NOS. Doesn't want to open a debate, but I like my NOS razor spines scratch-less.

Originally Posted by 1holegrouper

If you send it off, at least, ask your honemeister what he did and why he did it. That is, if he will tell you his honing secrets, lol.

I'm sure some don't, but if there is any problem than I tell the customer about it and even include diagrams in extreme cases.

As far as I am concerned, there is no secret - the steps are here to read in a multitude of posts. The only thing about it is developing the skill necessary to do it, and with a good razor with no defects, a good set of stones, and a sound knowledge of technique it is even easy. However, one little kink in the spine can throw all that out of the window, as I well know.... A customer who has become a friend sent me three Ebay specials to do the other day, for instance. Every one had a defect and one was a wedge with multiple defects. Two had crumbling steel at the bevel due to pinholes, one of which was the wedge. Took forever. Didn't make any money that day....

Money? Hell, you can't take it with you anyway, can you?! The richest corpse in the graveyard is just the same as the poorest...

Think I'll go and sit down in a dark room for a bit now...

Regards,
Neil

well if your doing free honing now neil iv got plenty more i can send you

Originally Posted by bombay

well if your doing free honing now neil iv got plenty more i can send you

Pass...!

I will just have to keep on taking the tablets...

Regards,
Neil