Honing a TI

[Cheferik]

My TI seems to take a long time to hone. This is the first time I have bend this blade and it is taking forever to get a shave ready edge on it. Does it have a harder steel? Any info will help.

[sqzbxr]

Need more information in order to help. What hone(s) are you using? Did you get the razor shave ready and are just trying to refresh the edge, or are you trying to set the bevel? What do you mean by "bend this blade?" The more information you can provide, the better.

[Utopian]

In addition to the above, what is your honing experience?

I am hoping that "bend" was an errant auto-correction for "honed."

[tcrideshd]

I,ll bet it was honed, only I could bend a blade honing. Tc

[rolodave]

I got a new TI a year ago. It wasn't bad from the box but did need some attention.

Taped it, took it to a 12k and a 16k and been shaving with it ever since.

[OCDshaver]

I have three TIs. Two of them were bastards to hone. The steel did seem harder. They took more effort on every stone than most others. If my usual max on my 12k was normally 10 strokes, the TI would want 25 or something exceptionally different. It was like that every step of the way. The other TI I have was bought in the last year. It honed up quite easily. The two bastards have a "Z" mark on them. I don't know if that is something different than the usual. The easy one has no such mark. Maybe that means something or maybe its completely meaningless. I don't know.

[rolodave]

No "Z" mark on mine. It is the one with the Bison on the blade.

[bouschie]

I have honed several new TI's for customers. Two of them had a spine that was not exactly straight on one side. Had to put an extra layer of tape at the affected area to keep it flat on the stone. They all honed up fine.

[OCDshaver]

No "Z" mark on mine. It is the one with the Bison on the blade.

That was the easy one.

[OCDshaver]

This was one of the bastards.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...ml#post1498991