Thread: Honing a TI

I haven't honed any of the newer ones, but the older TIs I've honed were pretty hard steel. Definitely harder than Solingen or Sheffield steel. They were closer to honing Swedish steel.

Bend the blade was suppose to be honed. Auto correct sucks. I bought the blade last year, when I first got it it wasn't in my mind shave ready. I went and had it honed by it still pulled. I have only honed five blades with success👍🏻. I'm pretty new.
I start with a 1k, 4K,8k then finish with 25 on my linen, 50 on the leather. Then my coticule with running water. I haven't had money for any other stones.

Does TI stand for tire iron ? What is a TI and is it hard to spell ?

I hone lot's of Ti's and they have some of the hardest steel and always take longer to set the bevel, and some of those bigger Ti's which are quarter hollow can if you don't double tape the spine develop very uneven bevels while honing.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

This was one of the bastards.

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

Was the other a Dominator or a Bison?

Originally Posted by rolodave

Was the other a Dominator or a Bison?

The easy one was a bison. The other tough one was a Spartacus.

Originally Posted by AlienEdge

Does TI stand for tire iron ? What is a TI and is it hard to spell ?

TI is Thiers Issard
They are from France and compete with Dovo. Or does Dovo compete with them?

The Letters are the Steel Series number and some of the newer ones have the C-135 designation for the steel

TI vary just like every other brand out there,, some of the older ones are quite soft, some are actually made with Sheffield Steel

The newer ones do tend toward a harder steel and Temper/HT, that is more abrasion resistant..
They hone really easily with the Synthetic hones that are designed specifically for the modern steels.
The Naniwa lines seem to cut them very well and leave little striations,, Finishing with Naturals is hit and miss with these steels

T.I Carbon Song c135 steel is really tough but does give an amazing edge.

I have 2, the older type and one C135 with beautiful spine work. (pic below)

My brother has about 4 . I do all his honing so I'm used to them.

That's a really nice blade job15!

Thiers issard recently started using a different steel type then they used to. It's considerably harder steel. They do seem to hold their edges longer than my other blades, but my shapton stones don't seem to have any trouble cutting fairly easy. I have an older TI that is much softer. Ultrasound was telling me that his thiers issard was a difficult hone as well. I'll tell you tho, both of my theirs are on the top off my favorite list. They shave awesome and are, imo, some of the most beautiful blades around.