What's the trick to framebacks?

[JGKC9AYC]

Picked me up a Joh. Engstrom cheap & thought I had the bezel set (would shave arm hair from toe to heel), but after going over it a while w/my coti, would not pass a HHT on the toe or heel (although it did give a pretty decent shave).
Is there a trick to these things?
Thanks.

 

[Gamma]

is the spine brass?

 

[JGKC9AYC]

No, cause I gave it & the blade a good incremental sanding from 320-1000 & nothing came off...LOL!
I taped the spine & used my Chosera SS1000, then my vintage coti.

 

[Gamma]

Then you're probably just facing some very hard Swedish Steel and you'll need to put a lot more effort into it.

 

[life2short1971]

Framebacks are generally quite easy tone so you may be trying to hard or not hard enough depending on whether the steel is hard or soft. If you have a loupe you may wish to watch the edge evolve and that should tell you everything.

 

[Doc226]

Picked me up a Joh. Engstrom cheap & thought I had the bezel set (would shave arm hair from toe to heel), but after going over it a while w/my coti, would not pass a HHT on the toe or heel (although it did give a pretty decent shave).
Is there a trick to these things?
Thanks.

Seems to me you need to work on your HHT and not the honing.

But framebacks hone pretty much the same way as any other razor.

 

[global_dev]

Maybe those areas are NOT actually contacting the hone well. They are likely curved blades, and perhaps slightly warped, and may have some spine wear that isnt helping and being taped doesnt help you to get there.

 

[oakeshott]

Maybe those areas are actually contacting the hone well. They are likely curved blades, and perhaps slightly warped, and may have some spine wear that isnt helping and being taped doesnt help you to get there.

plus one on the warpage and smiling. one of these alone is enough to trouble a new honer, but together it can be really frustrating.

 

[Brooksie967]

Magic marker on the bevel and do one pass in each direction on the 1k. After that you'll see what is contacting and what isn't and will be able to tweak your honing stroke appropriately.