Hello fello bladers,
I've got a big problem. I have a lovely African Wood Ralf Aust, and the bevel is off. I tried to bevel it without tap on the spine, and that seemed to be making it worse or not helping at all. So I put some tape on it and it seems to be a little better but that created my new problem. Admittedly, I am a novice to honing in every sense. But It seems every time I start getting into it, the tape gets rubbed off and I have spine exposed. Do you see where I'm going with this? I need to hone with tape (I think) but my tape gets honed to shreds. I tried to use a 1k but it didn't seem to be doing anything, so I flipped to the other side of the norton and am using the 220, and that destroys the tape in no time, and honestly after three pieces of tape I don't seem to be getting the bevel closer to being set.
Here's the story of why my bevel is off. I shave with other razors and I'm fine, I have confidence in my shaving technique, but I use the RA and it seems to tear me up a little, so I decided to tap and wobble and it seemed decently off. Next, I ran a marker down my edge and started to hone. One side removes the marker beautifully and straight, the other leaves the marker untouched about a 1/2 inch starting at the toe, and the rest of the blade has the marker removed but not very evenly. And I sadly feel like i am tearing up the blade trying to remedy this. I know what is going to be said is to send it off to an experienced honer to fix it. But This doesn't solve my problem for any other razor ( i have about 5 vintage razors I'm needed to hone). So any tips on how to semi-aggressively hone on an SR that uses tape on the spine? Thanks guys.
I've got a big problem. I have a lovely African Wood Ralf Aust, and the bevel is off. I tried to bevel it without tap on the spine, and that seemed to be making it worse or not helping at all. So I put some tape on it and it seems to be a little better but that created my new problem. Admittedly, I am a novice to honing in every sense. But It seems every time I start getting into it, the tape gets rubbed off and I have spine exposed. Do you see where I'm going with this? I need to hone with tape (I think) but my tape gets honed to shreds. I tried to use a 1k but it didn't seem to be doing anything, so I flipped to the other side of the norton and am using the 220, and that destroys the tape in no time, and honestly after three pieces of tape I don't seem to be getting the bevel closer to being set.
Here's the story of why my bevel is off. I shave with other razors and I'm fine, I have confidence in my shaving technique, but I use the RA and it seems to tear me up a little, so I decided to tap and wobble and it seemed decently off. Next, I ran a marker down my edge and started to hone. One side removes the marker beautifully and straight, the other leaves the marker untouched about a 1/2 inch starting at the toe, and the rest of the blade has the marker removed but not very evenly. And I sadly feel like i am tearing up the blade trying to remedy this. I know what is going to be said is to send it off to an experienced honer to fix it. But This doesn't solve my problem for any other razor ( i have about 5 vintage razors I'm needed to hone). So any tips on how to semi-aggressively hone on an SR that uses tape on the spine? Thanks guys.