I had just purchased a 220/1000 Norton stone which im waiting for. I have an old blade that my brother gave me that needs a new bevel. What is the general rule for establishing a bevel. I know the 1000 will be a quick cutter..do you do like 5 passes on each side? THanks!!
You have to look at the edge through a loupe to see your progress. It is different for every blade depending on the condition of the blade's edge. To say 5 passes on each side is enough is not fair to you because it may take more passes. I have experiences were the edge was in bad shape and it took a lot more than 5 passes on the 1k to establish a new bevel. Raf
Thats what I was hoping to hear. After the horrible experience of a warped blade that i honed.......and wore the spine down ALOT....im kinda nervous about doing bevel work.
The only thing with that is.......from what ive read......is that you need to keep the tape on there the whole way through..because taking off the tape would change the angle of the blade
tis true, you can then try to even it out on a 4K or 6K...just depends....I would just be careful with a expensive blade or one you don't want to show wear on when using an aggressive stone... I have taped my spines when using the 1K it may have taken more laps on the 4K but when I was finished the results were great...
Yes, I have done it that way...have also left the tape on until the 4K then removed for 6K and up.... Did you bring you hones with you?
Here's some threads I searched on for taped spines... http://straightrazorplace.com/forums/search.php?searchid=353183
This thread Joe C, said he used 2 pieces of scotch tape on the coarse hones then dropped to 1 piece thereafter... http://straightrazorplace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6230&highlight=taping+spine I would say if your worried about spine wear, try and minimize it....otherwise skip it Another good thread: http://straightrazorplace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14318&highlight=taping+spine
Issac, I have also used electrical tape on 800 grit paper and then on the 4K and 8K. I just leave it on until I am ready for the pasted strop.
Tape rocks when using the low grit stones or sandpapers. I usually leave it on until I'm almost done on the 4k. Then remove and polish the edge from there. Never had any problems doing it that way. The blades with damaged edges that I've repaired really benefited from the tape as well. Definately a must have for the honing kit.
