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09-16-2010, 04:20 AM #1
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Thanked: 275Sandpaper -- first attempts -- comments?
I've been playing in the low-cost end of the razor pool -- RAD doesn't have to be expensive.
First razor was a antique-store full-hollow Wade and Butcher (lots of trouble with rust and frowning edge -- I didn't know what to look for when I bought it).
Second razor was a flea-market half-hollow Boker with broken scales (no problems, now in new scales from Thiers).
Third razor was a George Butler "Shakespeare" from eBay (edge looked like it had been used to chop wood, everything else was OK).
To check my work against, I have a new Dovo from SRD.
I'm using 3"x9" acrylic plastic on a plywood base, rather than a stone.
Sandpaper grades 600 / 1000 / 2000 grit,
followed by 5 micron microabrasive (mylar backing),
followed by 0.5 micron CrOxide on a cloth strop,
followed by a leather strop.
The nice thing about this setup is that the upfront cost is low (except for the leather strop), and the cost per razor is around $1 - $2 for paper.
Questions:
1. I suspect I should be using something between the 5 micron microabrasive and the 0.5 micron CrOxide -- any ideas?
2. I don't like cutting myself with sharp corners -- I'm trying to achieve the _opposite_ of a spike. So I'm deliberate rounding the corners (the ends of the edge) with "rolling strokes". Is this frowned upon ? Would I do better to keep the edge straight, and grind off the corners after it was sharp?
3. Any other ideas?
I want to thank everyone on SRP -- you've been incredibly helpful. I've gone from "utterly ignorant" to the dangerous place where I think I actually understand what's going on.
Charles