Thread: What to buy for Maintenance and Minor Repairs

ummmm That DMT works much easier in a stone holder. Just so you know what to ask for on fathers day :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

ummmm That DMT works much easier in a stone holder. Just so you know what to ask for on fathers day :<0)

Ah, thanks for the tip!

I just performed my first hone, using Lynn's Video:



...as my guide, and it went pretty well. I made a mistake or two along the way as far as keeping the entire edge of my razor on the stone as I performed my strokes -- turns out it's pretty easy to lose that "balance" and lift one side or the other up -- but I became aware of that, at least, and corrected myself. Just did a shave afterwards, and I am pretty pleased. Nice and smooth. So a good first step!

I improvised a little, and was able to take out the nick I had put into the toe of the blade last week. Don't know if it's right or wrong, but I did this on the 1k by lifting the heel-end of the razor a little, and applying some pressure to the jagged toe, doing circles, then flipping over and doing the same on the other side of the blade. I had to repeat this process two or three times to get the nick out. Then I proceeded with the steps outlined in the video above. Seemed to work pretty well.

As per the chip removal, there is a technique Glen and others call "pushing the edge" which will allow you to up the cutting power while keeping the spine in contact with the hone. I've used it and it works well, particularly for trouble edges. There's a video out there there somewhere by Glen gssixgun.

Question of the day: Did you hone tape on or tape off?

Originally Posted by Siguy

As per the chip removal, there is a technique Glen and others call "pushing the edge" which will allow you to up the cutting power while keeping the spine in contact with the hone. I've used it and it works well, particularly for trouble edges. There's a video out there there somewhere by Glen gssixgun.

Thanks for that. I'm going to check that out for sure.

Originally Posted by Siguy

Question of the day: Did you hone tape on or tape off?

I went tape off. I saw signs on the razor that it had been honed tape off before, so I went with that to be consistent.