garyhaywood
Well-Known Member
before i type this post, i just like to say this not to prove this method works or not. It did for me and the shave was bang on.
I was honing a razor for my customer . I used my new 200x40 la patite blanche. I used the dilucot method and got a very nice result. the shave was fine, but there was somthing not wright at the very toe end. so i checked the toe and edge with my microscope. Low and behold there was a thew chips at the very toe end and one at the very heal. very care less but i spotted them. So i worked the chips out on my hone with a good slurry . the chips at the toe took a good 20 minutes . i only worked the very tip. I then worked the very heal and the chip was gone in five minutes.
then i decided to work the whole bevel with the same bevel setting slurry, to make sure the whole edge was nice and even. i then dryed and cleaned of slurry. I then checked the edge. I could see a perfect staright line. Before i went into dilucot, i thought i would check HHt. the medium to thick hair actauly caught the edge. I'd give it a violin if not less. then i thought i would try just clean hone with fresh water. i did 30 laps on water. there was a big jump in HHT. i then did some back and forth strokes on water with slight pressure. then i finished with 50 laps on water.
the HHT was a good catch and pop. I thought that is good enought for me. I then stropped as usaul linen/leather.
the HHT was as good as it gets a good 4 not five on fine hairs a 4 nearer to holding point.
The shave was bang on i just could beleive i'd gone from bevel setting slurry to water and got the same result.I just had to post.
cheers gary
I was honing a razor for my customer . I used my new 200x40 la patite blanche. I used the dilucot method and got a very nice result. the shave was fine, but there was somthing not wright at the very toe end. so i checked the toe and edge with my microscope. Low and behold there was a thew chips at the very toe end and one at the very heal. very care less but i spotted them. So i worked the chips out on my hone with a good slurry . the chips at the toe took a good 20 minutes . i only worked the very tip. I then worked the very heal and the chip was gone in five minutes.
then i decided to work the whole bevel with the same bevel setting slurry, to make sure the whole edge was nice and even. i then dryed and cleaned of slurry. I then checked the edge. I could see a perfect staright line. Before i went into dilucot, i thought i would check HHt. the medium to thick hair actauly caught the edge. I'd give it a violin if not less. then i thought i would try just clean hone with fresh water. i did 30 laps on water. there was a big jump in HHT. i then did some back and forth strokes on water with slight pressure. then i finished with 50 laps on water.
the HHT was a good catch and pop. I thought that is good enought for me. I then stropped as usaul linen/leather.
the HHT was as good as it gets a good 4 not five on fine hairs a 4 nearer to holding point.
The shave was bang on i just could beleive i'd gone from bevel setting slurry to water and got the same result.I just had to post.
cheers gary