squeezyjohn
Well-Known Member
I've been trying out my new-found honing skills on the reverse side of my La Petite Blanche BBW with the Dovo which I just can't seem to get sharp at all at the moment. All the talk here about BBW honing had piqued my interest.
Firstly, I'll say BBW is messier! The thick purple slurry needed to get a bevel set gets everywhere.
Secondly - it is very slow, especially as my strokes are beginner-slow at the moment. Which is why I got frustrated - I could get it to shave arm hair at the heel and toe, but not in the middle, so I broke and just did very fast up and down strokes at the problem points - with a lot of success.
So I thought, bugger it - I'll do the lot like that, it's getting late - so I diluted the slurry and just proceeded to do very fast, short up-down strokes, starting at the heel and slowly working towards the toe with about 50 fast strokes, then turning the blade over and doing the same making a total of 100 each side. I did a single dilution with much more water than I would use for coticule and did the same. The blade then got me hairs popping or slicing in half (3-4?) without stropping. The whole process had taken about 5 minutes! I'm going to try and strop now and see if I get 5 (unfortunately I can't do a shave test for about a day and a half).
Unless anyone comes along here and says "no - don't do that under any circumstances because..." I'm going to see if I can do it again with a different razor tomorrow because although it is not elegant like the x strokes and half strokes, it is very very easy - just make sure your other half doesn't approach you from the back while you're doing it, it looks very rude.
Cheers
Squeezy
Firstly, I'll say BBW is messier! The thick purple slurry needed to get a bevel set gets everywhere.
Secondly - it is very slow, especially as my strokes are beginner-slow at the moment. Which is why I got frustrated - I could get it to shave arm hair at the heel and toe, but not in the middle, so I broke and just did very fast up and down strokes at the problem points - with a lot of success.
So I thought, bugger it - I'll do the lot like that, it's getting late - so I diluted the slurry and just proceeded to do very fast, short up-down strokes, starting at the heel and slowly working towards the toe with about 50 fast strokes, then turning the blade over and doing the same making a total of 100 each side. I did a single dilution with much more water than I would use for coticule and did the same. The blade then got me hairs popping or slicing in half (3-4?) without stropping. The whole process had taken about 5 minutes! I'm going to try and strop now and see if I get 5 (unfortunately I can't do a shave test for about a day and a half).
Unless anyone comes along here and says "no - don't do that under any circumstances because..." I'm going to see if I can do it again with a different razor tomorrow because although it is not elegant like the x strokes and half strokes, it is very very easy - just make sure your other half doesn't approach you from the back while you're doing it, it looks very rude.
Cheers
Squeezy