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I put feet on my piece of glass to mimic honing stone.
In Nylons..
Billy
I put feet on my piece of glass to mimic honing stone.
Can anyone advise a good UK source for something on which to mount lapping film? I've been using a piece of marble but it isn't ideal. Have heard people mention acrylic blocks, but I can't find a source for these.
Next to satellite phones and electronic navigation systems, I consider lapping film as one of the major most useful inventions of our century and would recommend it to anyone as entry tool for learning how to hone a straight razor. For my personal experience, lapping film works best, if you have some slight cushion between the film itself and the surface of the carrier. Of course this cushion should not be too soft. I use a solid rubber mat of approx. 1mm thickness that I found in a shop for modelmaking supplies.
As I already mentioned, if you like to learn this task, have a look at the video clips at this site. Even if you don't use natural stones like the coticules from Belgium, the way you guide the razor with your hand during the honig process is important. Maybe you will find it difficult and cumbersome but it's a learning process and later you hone your straight razor and switch it from side to side with the same easiness as if you spread marmelade over your breakfast bread. And you wouldn't use both hands holding your knife for this, would you?
http://coticule.be/