John Heiffor straight razor

[sawdustmker]

Hey, quick question....... I picked up a John Heiffor French point with a slight smile, stamped, "made for army". Cleaned up real nice, honed it, witch went fairly easy, I used rolling x's, wasnt a problem at all. Here's the question, for stropping a razor with a smile, do you need to use the same tech as honing, rolling X's?? Wanted to ask, before i destroyed my strop, and that nice edge! Thanks all!

 

[wdwrx]

I've got a couple razors with very pronounced smiles. and I find that I don't need to use a rolling-x on the strop, just a nice x-stroke should be sufficient.
It seems sometimes that I change the angle of the blade across the strop a bit to reach into the heel area. The important part is that the strop is able to make contact across the whole width.

 

[natchez]

Leather should have enough inherent give to allow you to just strop as usual without a problem. Regular x strokes should be fine.

 

[sawdustmker]

hey, thanks guys, i'll give it a try!

 

[Luc]

What they said...

All that talk about John and no pictures?

 

[sawdustmker]

haha, i'll work on a pic this weekend. slapped on some scales, just to hone it and try it out, was it worth it! Workin on some "proper" scales, but, i'll get a pic up for ya asap. i will say, takes some gettin used to with that fench point, got myself good , but, oh well, whats a lil blood right?? lol

 

[Luc]

haha, i'll work on a pic this weekend. slapped on some scales, just to hone it and try it out, was it worth it! Workin on some "proper" scales, but, i'll get a pic up for ya asap. i will say, takes some gettin used to with that fench point, got myself good , but, oh well, whats a lil blood right?? lol

You can't expect straight shaving without a bit a blood!

However, that's one of my dream razor, John Heiffor French point... How big is the blade? Is it a wedge, half hollow, full, 3/4?