Thread: different sonds on each side of my razor

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Ed, I specifically used my Roo on Sunday just for this thread

There is a very slight difference in the sound and I mean very slight, the grain on mine is pretty darn smooth.. Compared to my Illinois #827 that has a distinct grain direction it is night and day.

That could be something to do with it glen, not on the leather necessarily, but with the fabric, the weave could be not parallel this along with the razors relative angle to the strop, could have something to do with it.
By relative angle I don't mean that the spine or edge is lifted, but that the stroke tends to be slightly windscreen wiperish (al la jimbos extreme stropping vid).
Also if one side of the blade had been bent over slightly by my beginner honing that would do it too. Though I seem to remember the phenomenon before I self honed.
Anyway, stropped the same razor again tonight and it seems to be pretty much better now.
Thanks again ed.

One time my razor moaned, wait, that was me.....it was going the wrong way on my skin. Ed, I hate to see this thread closed out, just a desperate lifeline to keep it going.

Thanks WW, though sometimes we need to accept that something has come to it's natural conclusion, and if it carries on it will become a parody of it's former glorious self.

I get the same thing... especially on the web. I've deduced that on the webbing, it is due to the angle of my stoke. If the spine is laid diagonal across the webbing brain versus straight with or against the grain the grain it sounds different. I can't explain the leather..

It's Alive!

Originally Posted by MikekiM

I get the same thing... especially on the web. I've deduced that on the webbing, it is due to the angle of my stoke. If the spine is laid diagonal across the webbing brain versus straight with or against the grain the grain it sounds different. I can't explain the leather..

Originally Posted by WW243

It's Alive!

Yup, someone put the kite out in the lightning storm....

Here is the genesis of the problem here: in the title of your question...the sond!
That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.
Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond.
- Chaucer.
You did indeed use your mind and .....well, throwing in the towel Ed Hewitt, no mas.

Originally Posted by WW243

Here is the genesis of the problem here: in the title of your question...the sond!
That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.
Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond.
- Chaucer.
You did indeed use your mind and .....well, throwing in the towel Ed Hewitt, no mas.

Throughly befuddled!

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I find that sometimes my razor has a different sound depending on which side of the razor I strop, is this just my ears playing tricks.on me?

On the canvas side there is a big difference depending on the
angle that the fabric and razor interact.

Strop with a little angle and the 'buzz' minimizes. Strop so the spine
and edge are on the exact line that the fabric ridges have
and you maximize the buzz.

Lighten your touch. (it is always safe to recommend a lighter touch).

Originally Posted by MikekiM

I get the same thing... especially on the web. I've deduced that on the webbing, it is due to the angle of my stoke. If the spine is laid diagonal across the webbing brain versus straight with or against the grain the grain it sounds different. I can't explain the leather..

Oh boy did I butcher that ...