Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
I knew going into this honing that the toe had some previous work done (before it came to me) which had left the bevel exposure sorta large and funny looking. I think this photo shows what I mean (this is post honing, but the toe looks much the same).
However, if there was a frown before I began honing today I missed it. Here's a link to the vendor's photos on eBay. I think there was already a frown, but now it's my problem even if I didn't create it.
Just a few more photos to illustrate...
All of these photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.
I'm not 1000% sure of it, but I'm pretty sure there is a little frown at the toe of the razor. I'm afraid it's of my making (but I'm not sure).
This razor was honed today on my newly lapped Washita as a first stage to the process. I was going after a couple or three little chips. The biggest was in the heel area. Before honing I'd lapped one side of the Washita to 600 grit and the other side to 300 grit. Both sides were used to hone this Kinfolks Blue Steel Special razor.
On the Washita I used straight Ballistol. It seemed perfect for the stone. The Washita didn't impress me as being fast (hardly), but it has a wonderful feel and it seems to have a very large range.
I then went to the Double Convex Ark 8x3 and used both sides.
My final stone was my new Norton white translucent convex 8x3. I enjoyed using the stone; it has a great feel. It's super smooth feeling and a good bit different from the black translucent convex stone.
On the three convex stones I used Ballistol and water mixed. I had no trouble seeing the Ballistol undercut and such on the white Norton (the two white colors are different enough to make them visually not confusing).
I've gotta figure out what to do next.
- Is a frown like this likely to cut me?
- What's the best way to get rid of the frown?
Jim
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