Gottlieb Hammesfahr. Wondering if its worth the time and money needed to straighten the blade to make it shave ready? Don't need a specific value but, just if its actually worth it. Thanks
The general rule for me is if the blade was made in Solingen, The quality of steel makes it worth saving, regardless of who the manufacturer is.
Not familiar with the brand, but "straighten the blade"? I don't think I have seen a bent blade before, but if you have one, I don't think she's coming back!
The blade seems to be warped in the middle. Like a very shallow C. Pretty new at this. Not sure how to bring a blade back to being straight. Almost the same problem I had with my razor - America by Geneva Cutlery
Okay, I think our terminology is getting confused. If you hold the razor on its spine and look down the thinnest view of the blade, is that curved? If it is, that would be warpage, which almost never happens. Razors are made of very hard steel and break rather than bend. If it is what you appear to be describing, that is what we call a frown. It comes from honing with too much constant pressure in the center of the blade, among other causes. It isn't good, but your razor doesn't appear to have a severe frown. It should be able to be honed out, but if you are new, I would strongly recommend outsourcing this to one of the numerous hone-meisters that call this forum home. You might put feelers out for who is nearest to your neck of the woods to see who to go with. I definitely wouldn't recommend trying to do a corrective hone until you've successfully done a few easier ones. Sent from my LGUS992 using Tapatalk
I JUST made this vid about pulling out the stupid frowns Dovo puts in their edges with their insistence on using Convex hones https://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/honing-videos.22259/#post-1931178 Should work to take out your warp, use a Sharpie Test to read the blade and YES that blade is worth it
Oh. a "frown" That's what it has. And that is caused by poor honing techniques? Thank you for the information.
The opposite of a frown, of course, is a smile. That's caused my too much pressure on the heel and toe of the blade. Both the frown and the smile are caused by poor honing techniques.
I suppose I am having a difficult time understanding how a straight razor blade can sharpen so unevenly? Same thing with a really nice Geneva Cutlery American I am having problems with.
Mr. Oldschool hit it... As you're pushing the blade along the stone, your fingers are exerting a downward pressure on the blade. Focus that pressure in the middle of the blade and you get a frown, focus it on the heel and toe and you get a smile.
Understandable. But the thought of a blade only catching the toe and heal while honing is freaking me out.
That problem is common on German razors. All that guilding and apprenticing with domed wheels and hones. There’s a thread on the brand here: https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/142296-poll-if-you-will-indulge-me.html You can do like Glen does in the video, or, You can hone that overgrind as-is with a narrow hone, I just posted an example today: https://theshaveden.com/forums/thre...-you-honed-lately.52921/page-136#post-1953821 Another example below. Both these were round $35 and work as tomo nagura too. You can hone it as-is on the corner of a stone using circles/ellipses or back and forth strokes. Cost is $0. Or you can pay several hundred dollars for a convex hone, and several hundred more for a plate to maintain it with, lol.
In most cases of frown or smile, the entire blade is making contact, but where the pressure is strongest will cause the tiny amount of flex that the blade can make to press harder into the hone. The harder it presses, the more friction it creates with the honing grit. The more friction, the more material is removed from the blade.