Thread: The glass strop

Originally Posted by xman

Well, strops, pasted or not should get even a barely sharp razor to pass the HHT though. It's coming off the hone and passing that matters.

X

For some reason, that razor just doesn't want to. Out of the 38 razors I now have, that's the only one that's given me this problem. (Well an 8/8 Filarmonica, but I know why now).

Something I find myself doing with difficult razors is very frequently doing the TT & HHT, even after every pass sometimes just so can get a feel for how it's progressing. For Ed's Wostenolm I found a few 5/1 & 3/1 passes were what it liked believe it or not. Then it was good to go. Ed vouched for the edge too.

X

Originally Posted by xman

Something I find myself doing with difficult razors is very frequently doing the TT & HHT, even after every pass sometimes just so can get a feel for how it's progressing. For Ed's Wostenolm I found a few 5/1 & 3/1 passes were what it liked believe it or not. Then it was good to go. Ed vouched for the edge too.

X

Yes indeed. X was able to get that razor in shaving keen. It was giving me fits.
Ed

I think on some of the more difficult razors its just a matter of playing around with the honing formula. Sometimes if I'm having trouble I'll just end a honing session and pick it up a day or two later and it always seems to improve things. it must be the full moon or something.