What Straight Razor Have You Honed Lately????

Thank God she didn't split! That is a truly horrifying experience. Stick with the nani's til healed and I see some lovely 2x2 foot interlocking padded shop floor linings for your workspace in the near future. In the meantime lap her up and do not repeat. Meditation speeds heeling so less honing and more zoning.

 

I honed up a 5/8 Sheffield blade last night, using an Apache Red with progressively diluted slurry. Finished it off with about 40 x-strokes on the Apache Strata. Not sure how so much counter top got in the photo!

 

Nice looking shaver

 

Sometimes the cheapest old razors will really surprise with how good they take and hold an edge. This is one of them.

 

I'm working on 3 rescue razors today. First I have to knock as much rust off as possible, then hone them. I just took out the stones, and will get to work on honing in a little while.
One's made in Glasgow. You hear that @Billyfergie ??

 

I'm betting that will be a stubborn razor to hone

 

You are soo right. It talks to me, on the stones, but I just cant get past that accent.

 

Oh Yeah..I Have Seen a Number of Made in Glasgow SRs..I Am in Glasgow at the Moment Visiting My Daughter..

Billy..

 

GD on a Yellow Lakes oilstone.
I just received this Yellow Lakes stone today. It took about 10 minutes to get one side dialed in, using my well used DMT 325.

I went back to 8k on my Naniwa then gave it a few strokes on my 12k. Off to the YL for 100 leisurely strokes. Then a good Stropping on my bitchin @Drygulch Latigo.

I will compare the finish on this stone to my Thuri. The shave was smooth and irritation free. We will see how it progresses after some time on it.

Tom


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Four razors honed, from bevel on up. Three were rescue razors, and had to be polished and sanded some.

Top: "EKSTRA" ZTV 1956.
This one I dropped the other day, and the blade smacked the scales. It rolled a little over a 1/4 inch. While honing it out, the edge that was bent, flaked off. Niiice. So, It was a total bevel reset. It doesn't sound bad, except this steel is stupid hard, and took a while. After the bevel was set, it went through my progression easily.

Second: H.Boker "Queen City".
Easy to hone, and needed a little rust knocked off, prior. It turned into a very sharp blade. I will be shaving with it tonight.

Third: C.F.Wofertz "Allentown"
What a pain. This was a rust bucket, with a heavily chipped blade. It took little time to gring the chip out, and profile the blade. The rust was another problem. This wet/dry paper just isn't cutting through the metal like I like, so I did what I could, and buffed it out a little.
The Honing was time consuming, because Of the new profile and the resetting of the blade. This blade gad some hard steel, but in the end, it was a hair popping 13/16th inch monster.

Fourth: "Electric-Magnetised". ???? others. Glasgow. Cant figure out the missing words of the maker.
Dirty, Rusty, but solid. It honed up nicely, with a very sharp edge.

 

HaHa, about all that I own are "rescue razors". They look great.

 

This was my second attempt to hone my PRC western grind kamisori after chipping the edge. The second attempt showed improvement but still short of where I want it and where it used to be. At least this time I could shave with it, now for the third attempt, hopefully I will figure out what I am doing wrong. The first time I don't think I had the bevel set as it would not shave, now it provides a decent shave but the edge is not 100% where I want it.

 

take your time on the bevel setter.the rest should be easy,and you will have a super smooth shave

 

...Just About 90/95% of the Work happens on the Bevel Stone..That's where the Magic Happens..In Other Words that's where Most of the Errors & Learning Lay..

Billy..

 

Hear ye, Hear ye!!

 

Old 5/8 Eric Anton Berg that I bought for $13.70 on the big auction site. Arrived today, so I soaked it in Murphy's oil soap/H2O for an hour, then spent about an hour with 600 grit wet to dry sand paper, followed by Nevr-Dull, then on to 30 minutes of polishing with Mother's. Only took about 20 minutes to set the bevel and finish it off using my Apache Red and Apache Strata. This has to be the most hollow ground razor that hasn't been re-ground that I have had my hands on. Will shave with it tonight!

 

Somehow screwed up adding the photo!

 

Many old fellas getting a new lease on (shaving) life going on here recently. Gotta luv it!

 

Yeah, its a great hobby, and not too expensive, once you have a few stones and a little bit of "know-how". I have a dremel and all the attachments, as well as a work station to hold the dremel tool, so I can hold a razor in both hands while working. But, I seldom use the dremel. Just good old wet to dry sand paper, an old rag, and polishing cream or paste, along with a couple hours of elbow grease is all that most old razors need to return to shave ready, useful status.

 

Typically, discussions around old fellas with 'a few stones' involve trips to the urologist and cringe-worthy testimonies.