Thread: What are you working on?

Dude, nobody is picking on you, we are collectively trying to help you.

Hundreds of folks will read your post and think that what you have done is how the finished product should look. My post was simply to try to help you with constructive critique and show you how to easily improve your performance, see potential pitfalls and to help the other folks that will read your post, some years from now.

No one is saying you can’t hone or that you are doing it wrong, just pointing out some things that will improve your honing and preventing issues that can surface.

You want to hone that way, knock yourself out, it’s your razor. None of us has all the answers or know the only, right way. This is a forum, a collection of experience and knowledge, a meeting, assembly for the open discussion of subjects of public interest.

It is for the reader to pick the points that work for them and discard those that don’t.

You are not the first guy that thinks he has got it down after honing a handful of razors. I have been playing with razors for over 40 years and still learn something every time I hone or read this and other fora.

It’s not about you.

Begging everyone's pardon. First, that was not directed at you Marty. It was toward another post which I misread thanks to that brown liquor. I guess I forgot to cover the one eye. See? This is why I never read or post after a tussle with Mr. Beam. I don't usually snap like that. I'm usually more the jolly type.
Who's wine? What wine? Where the hell did I fine?
You've always been very helpful Marty and I appreciate your input. Likewise to the rest of you.
As I have often stated "I AM NOT A HONEMEISTER" and that was really what I was saying before I tripped and fell into a whiskey barrel.
Whether it is right or not I found that to consistently work FOR ME. I am at the point now of venturing beyond that. My eyes and ears are open and my mouth is shut.

Its all good Paul. I thought that was a little bit of a strange post from you. I have a hard time believing Marty learns something new every time he hones! But i bet something new does come to mind now and then for him. Me on the other hand, i learn new stuff honing very often.

Paul, I think most of us have reacted poorly to a post here and there. You owned your post, and made amends, that’s what I see as important. I have never claimed to be a honemeister either. In fact. I think the title is pretentious. I can put a shaving edge on a razor, and tell you how I got there. I am also not bad at figuring out why things go wrong when they do. When I stop learning it will be time to nail the lid on.

Paul, I respect the way you responded. That was very gentlemanly and responsible of you.

I have honed a lot of razors (or many razors several times) with a variety of synthetics, coticules, vermio, Oozuko. Some razors work great the first time and others I have to come back to over and over again until they feel right.

I wish I could predict how the edge will turn out when I start honing a new blade, but I am always surprised when I get shave ready on the first go. When I have been baffled, I have always received helpful suggestions here.

I have never intentionally used a pyramid progression, but I have backtracked to lower grit stones often enough that I have likely used it without planning to.

“I have never intentionally used a pyramid progression.”

I like that.

Jerry, I do. The recent post on lapping stones, came about when I grid lapped my 8k, because I was not happy with the performance and I knew it was capable of much more. For the record it is one of the Crazed Naniwia’s that still cranks out smooth bevels and straight edges, I thought it was done and even bought a replacement.

Once I took the time to grid lap it, I said to myself, “Holy Crap” and grid lapped my 6 daily drivers. It was an eye opener for me.

Paul, no problem, were good. Rock on!

I try to remember that hundreds of members read these posts and countless more lurkers for years to come. Which is why SRP is such a valuable resource. I rarely look at the poster, and just respond to the information, and write for those guys.

One of the Mods guys once told me, most of the folks banned, were due to the “Brown Stuff”.

Be safe.

I'm a fan of going back a stone once or twice in honing a razor. In particular, I like jumping to an 8k to reveal issues. When I look at an edge at 2k or 5k, the stria can mask issues that are plain as day once I get a few laps on an 8k.

As far as what I am working on, my company is getting a bunch of orders. We specialize in work boats and supporting equipment to remove trash and weeds from water ways. Our customers are predicting a deluge of trash and weeds as activity decreases in their areas and the inability to actively clean do to stay in place orders. Currently designing a towable conveyor that a boat can offload into.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

I'm a fan of going back a stone once or twice in honing a razor. In particular, I like jumping to an 8k to reveal issues. When I look at an edge at 2k or 5k, the stria can mask issues that are plain as day once I get a few laps on an 8k.

As far as what I am working on, my company is getting a bunch of orders. We specialize in work boats and supporting equipment to remove trash and weeds from water ways. Our customers are predicting a deluge of trash and weeds as activity decreases in their areas and the inability to actively clean do to stay in place orders. Currently designing a towable conveyor that a boat can offload into.

Your experience is similar to mine. I added a 2k between my 1k and 5k because of similar issues. I’d hit the 8k and that “errant” 5k scratch was actually a 1k scratch and for me the toe is usually the culprit and I spend too much time on the heel. I need to consciously “hone” the toe and everything else on the edge falls into place. Just my two work arounds for making sure I’ve spent enough time in the right areas of the bevel on a given stone.

I have also been working on honing without a loupe to help my hands and eyes “see” what I can through the loupe. It’s helped me tremendously with my bevel setting and an appropriate amount of time on a given hone. My hit/miss ratio is far below my edges (like 60%) that I’ve used a loupe to hone, but that gap is getting closer and closer. I’ve had issues with my near vision the last couple of years and it’s still noticeably getting worse.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

One of the Mods guys once told me, most of the folks banned, were due to the “Brown Stuff”.

Be safe.

I'm off the stuff for good!...well, maybe not for GOOD.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I'm off the stuff for good!...well, maybe not for GOOD.

I only post hone of the days when I'm 3 sheets to the wind! Can't tell ya how many posts I deleted when I've had too much social lubrication