Why the Bevel’s Angle is Important

[stone and strop]

Lol Alex. Normal straight generally range from about 14° to 18° included angle (between both sides) or half that on each side. There are of course outliers to be found.

Agreed 7.5 - 8.5 is an average per side of a standard razor.

 

[bluesman 7]

Thanks I will give it a try. I figure that the omote side will be a steeper, and the ura will be shallower. If a normal hollow ground razor has the bevel angles on each side at 15 degrees, does this make the actual double sided razors cutting angle as a combined 30 degrees? I mean are we all shaving on 30+/- or shaving with 15 degree edges. If this is true and the kamisori has a omote single side bevel angle of 25 (which it might) and the ura is 5 degrees, does this make the combined 30 degrees?

I probably sound pretty stupid, I've gotten used to this.

Alex

The method I described will give you the inclusive angle or the total angle. As said it should be in the 15-18 degree range. If you don't have a height gage you could lie thr razor on a stiff sheet of something, measure the total thickness, then subtract the thickness of the sheet.

 

[Calou]

as far as I am concerned, no angle calculation but a direct measurement. it is in fact much more precise than by the calculations because of the tolerance of the various measurements to be made. It's
It's simple, fast and precise. Here is my tool.

Concerning the sharpening angle of the kami here is how I define them.