Thread: Honing a TI

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 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?