Thread: Antique store WB score...

nope no joke
the metal around the chip has got to go, so the only difference, whether you use a 150 grit hone or 12000 grit one to do the job is the time it takes.
The problem with using low grit hone is that the teeth they may cause microchipping but if the steel is decent (as I suspect it is on a w&b) and you use light touch it's not an issue. Plus it's a wedge and the edge is quite resilient.
Another way to look at it is - this chip is already equivalent to being made by a grit 0.001 hone or something, so your honing progression can start quite coarsely - it only makes it efficient.

Oh, yes I've used these low grit hones - quite fun


Edit: As a matter of fact I've got a frameback with big old chip on it - I'll take pictures of it and I'll try to time/count the laps on various grits.

Originally Posted by gugi

nope no joke
the metal around the chip has got to go, so the only difference, whether you use a 150 grit hone or 12000 grit one to do the job is the time it takes.
The problem with using low grit hone is that the teeth they may cause microchipping but if the steel is decent (as I suspect it is on a w&b) and you use light touch it's not an issue. Plus it's a wedge and the edge is quite resilient.
Another way to look at it is - this chip is already equivalent to being made by a grit 0.001 hone or something, so your honing progression can start quite coarsely - it only makes it efficient.

If it was a wedge I would agree to some degree, but I own three of those and they are definitely hollow ground!

yeah it's certainly hollowed, but it doesn't look too thin. of course i've got none of them, and can't see the front profile (just inferring from the back profile and the hollowing). in any case it's not my razor, but if it were i suspect that i may take it all the way down to 150. Even at 150 it'll take no less than 10 minutes to get out the chip, at least the way i hone. you can speed up honing quite a bit by using pressure, but i'm pretty bad creating uniform pressure and find that i get best results if i use no pressure whatsoever.

Originally Posted by gugi

yeah it's certainly hollowed, but it doesn't look too thin. of course i've got none of them, and can't see the front profile (just inferring from the back profile and the hollowing). in any case it's not my razor, but if it were i suspect that i may take it all the way down to 150. Even at 150 it'll take no less than 10 minutes to get out the chip, at least the way i hone. you can speed up honing quite a bit by using pressure, but i'm pretty bad creating uniform pressure and find that i get best results if i use no pressure whatsoever.

You have no idea how much it hurts my heart to know that someone would dare hurt their straight in such a fashion! Kind of reminiscent of how Saddam Hussein treated his subjects!

LOL, well that's ok - you always knew I'm THE enemy... I mean peace it all together - the politics, the goats, the razors.....
I guess I could pretty safely assume I'm never gonna get a razor from you

Originally Posted by gugi

LOL, well that's ok - you always knew I'm THE enemy... I mean peace it all together - the politics, the goats, the razors.....
I guess I could pretty safely assume I'm never gonna get a razor from you

If you pay good, and I've already honed it, you are welcome to almost any razor I own Ivan!

Originally Posted by JMS

If you pay good, and I've already honed it, you are welcome to almost any razor I own Ivan!

What I pay!!! We've got new era in this country - under the upcoming presidency one of my requirements before I even consider the FDA job is that I get paid for any razor I get. And it will start with your mint W&B. I think I'll go easy on you and require you to pay me only 1000USD for giving it to me. And yes, once Mr. Douche meets my requirements and I start considering what else I need to require for processing or my application I won't be touching no hones no more

Anyways, I hope I can find some time this week to do the chipped frameback - I think it'll be fun to see the effect of various grits.