First post, long time beneficiary with grateful thanks to all particularly Slash. I’m in Australia.
At age 59, 2 years ago, bought my first SR- Thiers Issard full hollow. Then full set of Shaptons. Then Slash’s pasted balsa. Then learned about hard carbon and the difficulty people had honing TI. It never shaved but being a newbie I presumed it was me.
A year ago acquired a Ralf Aust and can hone it from bevel to baby bottom smooth. But I hung on to the TI, coming back to honing it every 3 months or so, to no avail. The last 3 hour effort was today - Burr method, x strokes you name it . Nuthin’…
I’m sure it’s warped and always has been. I’ve proven I can hone a blade. But I can’t hone this. It’s in the bin and I am now free of wasting my time.
Just had to share how hard it was to give up the challenge- but it was wasting my life.
Thanks to all on this forum from whom I’ve learnt so much.
At age 59, 2 years ago, bought my first SR- Thiers Issard full hollow. Then full set of Shaptons. Then Slash’s pasted balsa. Then learned about hard carbon and the difficulty people had honing TI. It never shaved but being a newbie I presumed it was me.
A year ago acquired a Ralf Aust and can hone it from bevel to baby bottom smooth. But I hung on to the TI, coming back to honing it every 3 months or so, to no avail. The last 3 hour effort was today - Burr method, x strokes you name it . Nuthin’…
I’m sure it’s warped and always has been. I’ve proven I can hone a blade. But I can’t hone this. It’s in the bin and I am now free of wasting my time.
Just had to share how hard it was to give up the challenge- but it was wasting my life.
Thanks to all on this forum from whom I’ve learnt so much.