So I dug up the Sweeney Todd I had bought last year and got working on it.
Some obvious observation: that thing was not designed to be honed. The geometry of the blade is weird and more importantly the spine is about 1/2 the width it should be. So just putting a few layers of tape won't cut it.
I ended up making a frameback around the blade using skewers and electric tape.
That was not stable and getting to a bevel was awful. But a bevel I got. Well, kind of: I could get a bevel on the top 2/3 of the blade. The geometry near the heel did not cooperate.
my contraption not being stable enough, I did not bother to go beyond the King 6K and moved to crOx on a strop for finishing.
The result is a weak HHT 1, pushing on 2.
I might attempt a shave test tomorrow morning.
I do not have any expectation of the shave being any good, but surprisingly the metal did not seem that bad.
With a proper framing using a cut metal tubing for example, better results could be expected.
Now stropping that thing was not easy either. That blade makes a Filarmonica feel small.
Some obvious observation: that thing was not designed to be honed. The geometry of the blade is weird and more importantly the spine is about 1/2 the width it should be. So just putting a few layers of tape won't cut it.
I ended up making a frameback around the blade using skewers and electric tape.
That was not stable and getting to a bevel was awful. But a bevel I got. Well, kind of: I could get a bevel on the top 2/3 of the blade. The geometry near the heel did not cooperate.
my contraption not being stable enough, I did not bother to go beyond the King 6K and moved to crOx on a strop for finishing.
The result is a weak HHT 1, pushing on 2.
I might attempt a shave test tomorrow morning.
I do not have any expectation of the shave being any good, but surprisingly the metal did not seem that bad.
With a proper framing using a cut metal tubing for example, better results could be expected.
Now stropping that thing was not easy either. That blade makes a Filarmonica feel small.