Thread: My Experience with a Hart quarter Hollow/Near Wedge

I have hone a few Hart razors and they have all, been problematic. They are very hard and prone to chipping.

Removing a bit of the edge, seems to improve and hold an edge. They all were chippy.

I recall reading somewhere, that they were originally honed with a Micro Bevel for this reason. I suspect that because they are hard, most folks use more pressure with synthetic stones, causing more chipping.

I have had good luck honing Harts on lapping film, after setting a solid bevel on a 1k and removing 1k stria on a 2k, then move to film.

While you edge looks straight, there is a lot of random stria, that could be removed and leave a straighter, keener, smoother edge. Try some film and strop on CBN on a hanging strop.

A Jnat edge, that also might work well.