That's what I would call it.Yep. I guess that would qualify as a near wedge?
That's what I would call it.Yep. I guess that would qualify as a near wedge?
You need to be able to strop, for sure. If your razor is made shave ready by someone else you only need to be able to hone (or use a pasted strop) enough to be able to touch up your razor when it starts to dull a bit. That is pretty easy. Easier than honing a knife, where you have to freehand hold a constant bevel angle.is honig and stroping something I have to know how to do? i've got a ton of sharpening stones and diamond sharpeners and still can't sharpen a knife good unless I use my wicked edge sharpener. I probably would just destroy the razor TBH
It's hone-able. Before someone shows up blathering about how they would fix the feel on your blade, check in with @Bayamontate, I send eveyrone looking for a rock-star edge to him.I own a dull joseph rogers and sons #6. Should I find a place to sharpen it or should I look for a new one?
Thanks in advanced
@Blade_Runner37C if I was starting over that is exactly what I would do.You need to be able to strop, for sure. If your razor is made shave ready by someone else you only need to be able to hone (or use a pasted strop) enough to be able to touch up your razor when it starts to dull a bit.
is there anybody on the forum that does that and is decently not too overpriced to get the blade shave ready. it probably hasn't been sharpened in 20 years. I wish i could post on the BST forum to look for a used strop and stone. I do have a set of DMT dia-sharp diamond stones. I have extra course/course/fine/extra fine. They are suppose to be the best diamond plates. would the fine or extra fine work?@Blade_Runner37C if I was starting over that is exactly what I would do.
Send it to a reputable honer, you won’t go wrong with anyone here that has offered or been suggested. Buy yourself a Naniwa Super Stone 12k, an Atoma diamond plate (either 400 or 600 grit), and a cheapish but not too cheap strop. It’s pretty easy to keep a shave ready edge going pretty much forever with a 12k stone and tough to ruin the razor with it.
Start shaving and keep at it for a month. If you’re hooked get your credit card warmed up. If not you can sell your gear for pretty close to what you paid for it.
The key is start out with a truly shave ready razor.
Send a PM to @Bayamontate, he is in NYC I believe. I don’t know what he charges.is there anybody on the forum that does that and is decently not too overpriced to get the blade shave ready. it probably hasn't been sharpened in 20 years. I wish i could post on the BST forum to look for a used strop and stone. I do have a set of DMT dia-sharp diamond stones. I have extra course/course/fine/extra fine. They are suppose to be the best diamond plates. would the fine or extra fine work?
no i still can't i think you have to be a member for 45 or 50 days i thought i read somewhere.You should be able to post on the BST no problem, you have over 50 posts.
Extra fine in those is just a beginning step for razors. I sometimes use fine to remove damage like chips, but then have to spend ages removing scratches with a razor hone.is there anybody on the forum that does that and is decently not too overpriced to get the blade shave ready. it probably hasn't been sharpened in 20 years. I wish i could post on the BST forum to look for a used strop and stone. I do have a set of DMT dia-sharp diamond stones. I have extra course/course/fine/extra fine. They are suppose to be the best diamond plates. would the fine or extra fine work?
Oh I don’t plan on touching it with the diamond someone mentioned I would need a diamond plate down the road and I just mentioned that I had a full set. Actually I think and I could be wrong that I bought an xx fine that was hard to get from DMT. But no I need to get it up to shave ready and then will really worry about even using a strop so I am talking a long time down the road before I would feel compostable with a hone so the diamond isn’t coming out or won’t be anywhere need a blade unless it’s a knife.Think about what diamond is doing. Removing material quickly buy scratching away steel. That can be fine if you want micro serrations to cut into a tomato, but not something you are rubbing along your skin
The DMT they mentioned wasn't for the straight razor, they were saying a 12k Naniwa stone will maintain your straight razor easily forever.Oh I don’t plan on touching it with the diamond someone mentioned I would need a diamond plate down the road and I just mentioned that I had a full set. Actually I think and I could be wrong that I bought an xx fine that was hard to get from DMT. But no I need to get it up to shave ready and then will really worry about even using a strop so I am talking a long time down the road before I would feel compostable with a hone so the diamond isn’t coming out or won’t be anywhere need a blade unless it’s a knife.
They said to get a DMT, but that's for lapping / flattening the 12k stone, not for the razor. I use Diasharp 400 grit (coarse I think? I forget exactly) to lap my synthetic stones too, you're probably set for lapping. Important thing if the lapping stone is large enough to cover the stone it's lapping so it laps evenly.
You _must_ learn how to strop -- you do that before (or after) every shave.is honig and stroping something I have to know how to do? i've got a ton of sharpening stones and diamond sharpeners and still can't sharpen a knife good unless I use my wicked edge sharpener. I probably would just destroy the razor TBH