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- Sunday July 12, 2009
I know you are a good sport and it wouldn't be a problem!
Regards,
Neil
Regards,
Neil
Arrowhead said:Hear hear. The fact of the matter is that there are a number of different options, and it comes down to personal preference and budget. If you can get to an edge which shaves nicely, how you got there doesn't matter.SiR-ed8 said:...I wouldn't let anyone dictate or suggest what's good for me.
As far as I'm concerned, a "honemeister" is someone who can take some deformed, unevenly ground and temperamental old razor and make it fit for shaving to the customer's specification, and the rest of us are amateurs. Sharpening a well behaved razor isn't so great a challenge after all, just a matter of being methodical and patient. Choice of stones is a personal matter, and they all work for some people, if not everybody.SiR-ed8 said:Curious what hones worked for you and what didn't Andy? ... I'm no "honemeister" nor will I ever claim to be.
huxley said:... the most important factor i find is to set a nice even bevel ...
Arrowhead said:As far as I'm concerned, a "honemeister" is someone who can take some deformed, unevenly ground and temperamental old razor and make it fit for shaving to the customer's specification, and the rest of us are amateurs. Sharpening a well behaved razor isn't so great a challenge after all, just a matter of being methodical and patient. Choice of stones is a personal matter, and they all work for some people, if not everybody.SiR-ed8 said:Curious what hones worked for you and what didn't Andy? ... I'm no "honemeister" nor will I ever claim to be.
I still haven't settled on any one set of stones, but the only variety which really hasn't worked out for me is the Belgian blue whetstone. I've used quite a few, here's some of them: 600 diamond plate (but things have to be pretty bad for me to contemplate going that rough); Washita; Welsh slate; hard black Arkansas; 6000 King; Coticule; Müller thuringian; Spyderco, and an unidentified green razor hone which seems to be of the thuringian or Escher type. The last mentioned seems to do best for finishing, just ahead of the Müller. One observation which I haven't seen made elsewhere is that oilstones are pretty much useless if you use tape, because it won't stick. One day I'll probably rationalise things by using Japanese waterstones at the coarse end of things, but for the time being I'm just picking what seems right from that lot.
All this talk of gear is entirely typical of us lot, though, isn't it? Technique's the main thing and that means practice.