Jeltz said:Is this your 1st wedge? It took me a long time to set the bevel on my near wedge using a 1000 grit King before I went to my coticule.
lagaffe said:Jeltz said:Is this your 1st wedge? It took me a long time to set the bevel on my near wedge using a 1000 grit King before I went to my coticule.
I've done an asymmetric grind (wedge one side, slightly hollow the other) a number of times before without much bother. But a straightforward near-wedge - no.
Maybe I'm just being impatient; I did wonder if it was just a little too much for my coticule to cope with. I've not got any other honing hardware though, so perhaps I'll just have to spend a LONG time on this one. I'd try using some wet'n'dry paper as a high-grit hone to get it closer initially, but that'll likely wreck the edge....
Neil Miller said:That asymmetric wedge was a microtome sectioning blade - not really for shaving with, although you can, of course, shave with them.
Old near-wedges have often gone through a lot of misuse and really need a complete bevel-set before commencing work - something like a DMT helps enormously. Once the bevel is there you are 90% of the way home.
A coticule can do a lot, but bevel-setting - although a possibility - is long-winded and best done on a more appropriate hone.
If you only have wet'n'dry it will still be faster than a coticule - you will just have to spend additional time tidying up the ragged edge. Be prepared to hone out a lot of chips if the w'n'd is too coarse.
You can save a bit of time if you begin honing the blade like a knife - keeping the spine off the hone - but you need a steady hand. Once your bevels meet you let the spine touch the hone and you only have to take off the thin ribbon of metal at the top of the bevel until you get to the edge.
Whatever you do, with what you have it will take a long while. A 600 grit DMT and a fast-cutting 1000 grit hone are great assets for this sort of job.
Regards,
Neil
lagaffe said:Jeltz said:Is this your 1st wedge? It took me a long time to set the bevel on my near wedge using a 1000 grit King before I went to my coticule.
I've done an asymmetric grind (wedge one side, slightly hollow the other) a number of times before without much bother. But a straightforward near-wedge - no.
Maybe I'm just being impatient; I did wonder if it was just a little too much for my coticule to cope with. I've not got any other honing hardware though, so perhaps I'll just have to spend a LONG time on this one. I'd try using some wet'n'dry paper as a high-grit hone to get it closer initially, but that'll likely wreck the edge....
Arrowhead said:
Do you reckon you'd set the bevel prior to doing this Grant? And what did you think of the 1k side of the King?
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