Thread: 2 Sheffield honing questions.

The first question is that i have a Fredrick Reynolds smiling blade that has a small chip about 1 mm in depth by the heel, it's tiny but since the blade is smiling is there a special motion i should do while trying to hone the chip out? should i do a swoosh motion or circles on my norton 1k? the second is that i have another odd sheffield that has a ridge ground on one side and the other side is a near wedge.. how should i go about honing this one? just put a layer of tape on the spine? thanks! (first pic is the FR and the other is the odd grind)

for the chipped blade use magic marker to determine the correct stroke to hone the razor. If you want to preserve the spine use a few layers of tape, if you do not want to use tape just hone it as it.
The second razor sounds like microtome from your description (pic of the geometry would be nice though). If this is indeed a microtome you could use a tooth pick or something similar to lift the flat side while honing.

Originally Posted by mainaman

for the chipped blade use magic marker to determine the correct stroke to hone the razor. If you want to preserve the spine use a few layers of tape, if you do not want to use tape just hone it as it.
The second razor sounds like microtome from your description (pic of the geometry would be nice though). If this is indeed a microtome you could use a tooth pick or something similar to lift the flat side while honing.

Thanks! The second razor is not a microtome.. it would be cool though.. the other side is a near wedge it has a bit of a grind to it.