This is my second honing - I honed a Bear razor - it's really beat up and I had changed the scales on it. It lacks a lot in the looks department.
Now that I have a question, I wish I had taken pictures with the scope along the way
Bevel set on Shapton 1500 (lapped with 400 grit) - circles, Ax, X strokes - I jointed at least once
9u film - circles, X strokes
Naniwa Fuji 8k (lapped 400 grit) - circles, half strokes, X strokes - used some pressure
Naniwa Fuji 8k (lapped 1000 grit) - jointed, X strokes - lesser pressure, final laps under running water
1u film - some circles - but mostly X strokes
So far so good. I used ink, periodically checked under the scope and magnifier - to make sense of how things look under both. It helped with the honing as well - I could fix a couple of issues along the way. I still can't seem to get the heel area honed properly. The toe on one side needed a rolling stroke - I had forgotten this on one of the stones and the scope helped me catch it. Long story short, The scope showed even striations, lower grit stria removed (mostly - ngl) - but felt good about the honing session. I know I can do better in the middle grits...
Instead of using copy paper and wrapping up - I now figured I'd try out the HBA (Surgical Black). So I oiled it up (50/50 mineral oil+ mineral spirits - premixed) and went at it for say a 100+ (maybe more) laps - about 10 minutes or so. Just X strokes - rolling X on one side for the toe.
I stropped and shaved - the shave itself felt fine. The toe could be sharper, I kept going back with the middle part of the razor particularly over some areas under the chin. My rolling stroke needs work.
While the shave felt good, under the magnifier, the edge now looks like an 8K edge. I'm attaching pics under the scope - but under bright light I don't see what I see with the magnifier.
How do I know I'm done with an HBA?
Now that I have a question, I wish I had taken pictures with the scope along the way
Bevel set on Shapton 1500 (lapped with 400 grit) - circles, Ax, X strokes - I jointed at least once
9u film - circles, X strokes
Naniwa Fuji 8k (lapped 400 grit) - circles, half strokes, X strokes - used some pressure
Naniwa Fuji 8k (lapped 1000 grit) - jointed, X strokes - lesser pressure, final laps under running water
1u film - some circles - but mostly X strokes
So far so good. I used ink, periodically checked under the scope and magnifier - to make sense of how things look under both. It helped with the honing as well - I could fix a couple of issues along the way. I still can't seem to get the heel area honed properly. The toe on one side needed a rolling stroke - I had forgotten this on one of the stones and the scope helped me catch it. Long story short, The scope showed even striations, lower grit stria removed (mostly - ngl) - but felt good about the honing session. I know I can do better in the middle grits...
Instead of using copy paper and wrapping up - I now figured I'd try out the HBA (Surgical Black). So I oiled it up (50/50 mineral oil+ mineral spirits - premixed) and went at it for say a 100+ (maybe more) laps - about 10 minutes or so. Just X strokes - rolling X on one side for the toe.
I stropped and shaved - the shave itself felt fine. The toe could be sharper, I kept going back with the middle part of the razor particularly over some areas under the chin. My rolling stroke needs work.
While the shave felt good, under the magnifier, the edge now looks like an 8K edge. I'm attaching pics under the scope - but under bright light I don't see what I see with the magnifier.
How do I know I'm done with an HBA?