Matt
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I was trying to sharpen this razor, some may have already seen it in "sensitive skins" thread - it now has most of the rust removed but I decided to test it before I spend whole lotta time on it only to see it's just for display.
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I introduced a slight smile to it when I was setting a bevel. I redulled and started working on milky slurry on my La Grosse Blanche (keeping an eye not to make the slurry too thick, to avoid dulling), but I just couldn't make it shave arm hair either at the heel, or at the point. I spent too much work on it, no result at all, so - a little desperately - I thought I would try unicotting the thing. Again, HHT in the middle of the blade was 3-4, nada at the ends.
I got a little pissed, redulled everything again and switched to my narrow (3 cm) vintage find coticule. Worked on milky slurry again, I was also doing circles paying really extra attention to the heel and the point. Despite the additional work, both ends of the blade were hardly able to shave arm hair (just starting to do so) while the middle was shaving nicely. What the hell?
It's not the first smiling blade I was honing, but the first with an induced smile by myself. I haven't had any such problems with the other two smilers I have. Can it be something with angle, blade temper, or again I just plain suck?
best regards,
Matt
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I introduced a slight smile to it when I was setting a bevel. I redulled and started working on milky slurry on my La Grosse Blanche (keeping an eye not to make the slurry too thick, to avoid dulling), but I just couldn't make it shave arm hair either at the heel, or at the point. I spent too much work on it, no result at all, so - a little desperately - I thought I would try unicotting the thing. Again, HHT in the middle of the blade was 3-4, nada at the ends.
I got a little pissed, redulled everything again and switched to my narrow (3 cm) vintage find coticule. Worked on milky slurry again, I was also doing circles paying really extra attention to the heel and the point. Despite the additional work, both ends of the blade were hardly able to shave arm hair (just starting to do so) while the middle was shaving nicely. What the hell?
It's not the first smiling blade I was honing, but the first with an induced smile by myself. I haven't had any such problems with the other two smilers I have. Can it be something with angle, blade temper, or again I just plain suck?
best regards,
Matt