Thread: interesting thing dawned on me today....

Could this be murray carter by any chance? Lol

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No I am not Murray Carter.
But I do own one of his excellent hunting knives. I suppose if I were going to shave with it I may consider his sharpening method, but it is not what I use on my razors.
Besides, even Murray doesn't attempt the 1k level shave. He finishes with 6k then a lot of newspaper stropping before attempting to shave with a knife.
The razor angle is much more shallow and gets considerably sharper than a knife at the 1k level, especially with very light final strokes in the stropping direction.
Try it for fun...you may be surprised at the results.

Holy Bat Sh!+, Gamma

I cannot believe how absolutely correct you are regarding the shave from a 1k stone. I used the Chosera 1k, CrOx balsa and stropped. WOW!!!

It's not 100% but it is in the 90th percentile for a close shave. You really have stimulated my creatve juices with your off-the-wall suggestion about shaving directly from the 1k.

It seems that I now have a shameful bunch of finish hones I DO NOT NEED.........................

I've been str8 shaving for 45 years and did not know it could be done. That just goes to show ya!!!

JERRY
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Jerry I am sorta suprised that you haven't read about the 1k shaves in the past...

You can skip all the stropping BTW and still get a shave...

These experiments came up several years back to prove that actual shaving sharpness was attained at a much lower grit then many originally thought...

Seems a properly set bevel is important
People who reckon their shaves are harsh off the 12 or 16 k's should try a 1k shave.

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Holy Bat Sh!+, Gamma

I cannot believe how absolutely correct you are regarding the shave from a 1k stone. I used the Chosera 1k, CrOx balsa and stropped. WOW!!!

It's not 100% but it is in the 90th percentile for a close shave. You really have stimulated my creatve juices with your off-the-wall suggestion about shaving directly from the 1k.

It seems that I now have a shameful bunch of finish hones I DO NOT NEED.........................

I've been str8 shaving for 45 years and did not know it could be done. That just goes to show ya!!!

JERRY
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I LOL at your response. Very funny. I am delighted that you actually performed the experiment. You are correct in your assessment. The SR at the 1k level is not 100% but it is amazingly close. The infamous Feather blades can stop at 900 grit because the final incident angle is so much lower than our ~7 degree limit. With final coatings the sharpness of almost any reputable DE is truly impressive. The SR benefits from the higher grits because our final angle is higher and we have no coatings. So while this is an amazing exercise to try, I am sure you will want to continue to take full advantage of your impressive honing collection in the eternal pursuit of SR edge perfection.