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Girls call me Makaluod
Last week I received my first SR. This RSO came from China for USD 6 together with a China cow leather strop for USD 5. Over the next few days I worked on my stropping technique and now have it pretty well worked out.
Today my 3k/10k honing stone arrived from China for USD 5. With this I intend to work on my razor honing technique.
First thing I did was lap the new whetstone using 320 wet&dry on a glass slab. It definitely needed it.
I am experienced in honing but never to the level required for a SR. I have read many of the articles on SR honing so I understand the basic requirements.
Being a RSO, I first need to set the bevel properly. The blade is hollow ground with a bevel on one side of about 0.5mm and 0.75mm on the other side. I assure that this is not right. I also did a little honing on the 3k stone and found that steel was only being taken off the ridge of the bevel.
My understanding is that both bevels should be about the same and they should align with the outer edge of the blade's spine. Is that correct?
Today my 3k/10k honing stone arrived from China for USD 5. With this I intend to work on my razor honing technique.
First thing I did was lap the new whetstone using 320 wet&dry on a glass slab. It definitely needed it.
I am experienced in honing but never to the level required for a SR. I have read many of the articles on SR honing so I understand the basic requirements.
Being a RSO, I first need to set the bevel properly. The blade is hollow ground with a bevel on one side of about 0.5mm and 0.75mm on the other side. I assure that this is not right. I also did a little honing on the 3k stone and found that steel was only being taken off the ridge of the bevel.
My understanding is that both bevels should be about the same and they should align with the outer edge of the blade's spine. Is that correct?