HA! Makeshift double edge blade hone

[amishmotorboat]

So I was looking at those DE blade hones that are made of glass or porcelain and are just a curved piece with a flat base. I wanted one because I have a few razors that take special blades that are pretty hard to find, but have the old dull blades.
I was getting ready to shave tonight and was wishing I could try out one of these razors. Suddenly realized that I already had a nice smooth curved surface made of porcelain. My old spice shaving mug.
It worked. Sort of. It wasn't quite as sharp as I wanted, but I'm going to chalk that up to technique. I'll have to experiment with exactly how much pressure to apply to get just the right edge on it, but I think this is going to work out swimmingly.

 

[D.Irving79]

that was another way some people did it. nice call

medium pressure should work well for you. good luck.

 

[amishmotorboat]

Thanks!

By medium, I assume you mean the blade arc should be about halfway between it's normal flat shape and the curve of the mug?

 

[Uncle Shakey]

I read that you can also use a drinking glass. That is smoother and would probably be a good way to polish your edge.

 

[mmack66]

Wasn't there a thread recently that pretty much documented that honing double edge blades doesn't work?

 

[82R100]

Wasn't there a thread recently that pretty much documented that honing double edge blades doesn't work?

Perhaps, but if we employ our typical "results oriented" scientific method we should be able to pretty much document whatever we want.

- Chris

 

[rth97601]

The "special" blades may be different on that count ... even if standard DEs won't sharpen, maybe these will

 

[amishmotorboat]

I thought that no sharpening bit only applied to the coated stainless steel blades. Have I gotten that wrong?

 

[mdunn]

I thought that no sharpening bit only applied to the coated stainless steel blades. Have I gotten that wrong?

no thats correct. old blades can be honed.