I've been working on my first ground-up restore of a Sheffield Wedge. It's a King Cutlery, measuring in at 13/16. It was a rust bucket, in busted scales. I've reset it in some black TI. Scattered evenings over the last week have been spent with attempts to hone this beast into shape. I started with my cheapskate 1000 grit on a scrap slab of granite. That was taking forever. I finally skipped out to a local hardware store and snagged a generic DMT-style 750. After a few hours on that, it finally started to show some resemblance to a good bevel. Then I moved to down the films.
I'm no honemesiter. I've got some restores under my belt, but they're almost exclusively hollow, even quarter hollow. This is my first full-on, big 'ol wedge. The process has taught me a lot, though I still have some confusion.
I was watching the progress through a loupe. It seemed that each time I went down a grit, it polished from the edge inward. The highest point on the bevel was almost immune to the successive grit. I was hoping for a huge mirror bevel, but that's not exactly what I got. The edge is polished, but as I move in, I still have scratches from the lower grits. I gave this tons of time, but maybe not enough. I'm considering starting over tomorrow. Somehow I'd had my heart set on that wide mirror bevel, it's not quite here.
photos are below.
I've not shaved with it yet.
Here are some pictures. That bevel is 3/16 (4.7 mm) at it's widest.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
I'm no honemesiter. I've got some restores under my belt, but they're almost exclusively hollow, even quarter hollow. This is my first full-on, big 'ol wedge. The process has taught me a lot, though I still have some confusion.
I was watching the progress through a loupe. It seemed that each time I went down a grit, it polished from the edge inward. The highest point on the bevel was almost immune to the successive grit. I was hoping for a huge mirror bevel, but that's not exactly what I got. The edge is polished, but as I move in, I still have scratches from the lower grits. I gave this tons of time, but maybe not enough. I'm considering starting over tomorrow. Somehow I'd had my heart set on that wide mirror bevel, it's not quite here.
photos are below.
I've not shaved with it yet.
Here are some pictures. That bevel is 3/16 (4.7 mm) at it's widest.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
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