Thread: T. Hessenbruch

Originally Posted by MW76

Thanks man.. will do.
I have a few ebay wins in the mail. Ill definitely be asking questions.

Hell yeah!!!
Bring um back to life brother [emoji6]
Posted a hand full that I picked up yesterday, in show and tell.

Just a follow up..

The Hess is back in shaving rotation. I reset the bevel and sharpened the old mule yesterday.

Not a bad shave.. Just a few nicks on the noggin.

I was feeling pretty proud i must say. This razor came from Whipped Dog, and about halfway through the sanding process i realized it was a pretty stupid move to ruin a professionally sharpened edge just to remove a few tiny pits. Restoring it to shave ready at least gave me the feeling i didn't ruin a slightly expensive purchase. Live and learn..

The blade has a tiny warp which i didn't realize until i looked at the bevel after about 40 strokes on a 1200 diamond plate. The bevel was wide in the toe and the hone marks on the spine were wide in the middle. I was using paintbrush strokes so i switched up to a rolling X.

Now i understand why the X strokes help to insure an even hone on a warped blade. The hone wear doesn't look ridiculous but its definitely a rookie move not checking the wear from the 1200 grit sooner. I also caught the shoulders a bit trying to sharpen the heel.

In the essence of humility i am uploading the following post honing pics. Feel free to rip me a new one regarding what i did wrong.

I have a habit of soaking up too much information too quickly and then shooting the moon.

I do occasionally hit the moon.. but not always.

The beleaguered Hessenbruch...

What you did wrong? Nothing. Unless of course you didn't learn anything in the process. =P

Originally Posted by Magpie

What you did wrong? Nothing. Unless of course you didn't learn anything in the process. =P

I learned what NOT to do