Honing advice

[Huxley]

Im currently flirting with the idea of having a straight, not yet but i plan to later on in the year, anyway i have a lot of knife sharpening experience using various stones and devices so am i right that sharpening a straight is pretty similar just requires a lighter touch and a finer finishing stone before stropping?

This is the sort of whetstone i use, would this be suitable at all, im guessing i'll have to use a fairly shallow angle to get that edge nice and fine?

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=198400

 

[ouch]

Shallow angle? The shallowest!

The angle is built in to blade- you lay it flat on the stone with both the edge and spine touching simultaneously.


Now you'd think that this would make honing a razor much easier than sharpening a knife, but................

 

[mainaman]

first of all welcome to the SR club.
Sharpening knives and razors is very different.
You need a progression of stones to get a shaveable edge on a razor.
A place that can get you started as to how to hone a razor would be this one:
http://straightrazorplace.com/srpwiki/index.php/What_hone(s)_do_I_need?

http://straightrazorplace.com/srpwiki/index.php/Category:Honing

don't be shy to ask questions people here will gladly guide you.

 

[chess1]

you can use most likely 1k side and set the bevel rest you will need to have finer stones and may need to end on 30k shapton. depends on you

 

[LaughingAtFate]

I'd say your shave off the 1k is gonna be pretty painful, with lots of bleeders and the like

you want to have the finest possible edge on a razor, and a 1k stone is barely enough, you can buy wet-and-dry paper that's finer then that stuff for cheaper that will be better for your face

Simply put, I'm gonna have to say you need to get another stone if youre wanting to hone a razor properly

Search around, here's plenty of info on how to do the razor honing thing, but yeah, Most recommend a much finer grit then what you have there, Heck, most recommend something above 10k rather then the 1k you have there

 

[Huxley]

Thanks for the advice i shall be sure to take my time over this, seems fairly straight forward i shall just go by instinct.

Oh i will be buying at least an 8k 4k and 12/14k.