Convex Hones Rethought
- Thread starter Acmemfg
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Now i am waiting for you to hone some DE blades.
What did you one today? A Feather DE blade
This whole convex stone for DE blades is new to me. I assume the convex shape allows the blades to flex and the edge to make contact. David's Coticule version is pretty mind blowing.
Google glass razor hone. They used to make them out of glass (often uranium glass) in the 30’s. They pop up in antique stores sometimes, but I’ve never felt the urge to buy and try one.
My understanding is that the DE blade is laid on the curve and moved about with very little downward pressure applied. I've not bought one, but I've seen several on the bay that were boxed, with the instructions visible in the listing's photos. Some instructions called for circular movement, and some for linear. None called for pressure that I recall.
You could well be right. Let’s get some images of those instructions posted for the record.
I doubt I will ever use one, but I’d like to know how.
It was at least a couple of months ago when I saw one seller unloading a bunch of them, better than 20 if memory serves. A quick search of the bay yielded these two contradictory sets of directions. One says to do circles with no pressure and the other says no circles with moderate pressure.
I recently saw the glass ones and wondered about these as well. You learn something new every day on Badger & Blade.
Steve56
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My dad had one of the glass ones back in the early 1960s, they’re not abrasive. He said that it didn’t work, but I don’t remember much else. Someone gave it to him to try.
A buddy at work said his grandfather sharpened his DE blades by rubbing on the inside of a porcelain crock.
I don’t have any DE blades, but this is making me want to get some and give it a try.
If you guys are going to try these, you might want to acquire some carbon steel blades. And preferably some that aren’t too modern. Tatra has one and then there are Feathers, but you will have to get them on The Bay from JP. Most of the Treet blades are made on the same equipment as the stainless blades and it is my understanding that they are harder to re-sharpen.
I’ve seen a few of the DE hones but this is a first, love it.
Well your tam instructions contradict my thought that the blade should bend to conform with the hone. Reading that it seems they want you to keep it as flat as possible.
I just found this on the Internet. It's got to be true!
Apparently, Yoko Ono found this on a piece of paper - John Lennon had played with lyrics about razor hones for the song Mean Mr. Mustard to finally settle on the line "Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose":
Apparently, Yoko Ono found this on a piece of paper - John Lennon had played with lyrics about razor hones for the song Mean Mr. Mustard to finally settle on the line "Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose":
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
The stone is meant to be used with the blade unflexed or barely flexed. It "works" if your standards are not high, with some practice. These were somewhat practical in wartime especially in Europe where new DE blades were hard to come by. They probably worked better with the old thick blades, I am thinking. They weren't all that sharp to begin with, by today's standards.
