Honing a wedge

[hig789]

Is this the accepted way to hone a wedge? Or a any other tips would be appreciated.

http://www.coticule.be/wedges.html (http://www.coticule.be/wedges.html)

[Kentos]

You need to decide if you want to tape or not to tape. I prefer no tape on wedges to ensure a repeatable bevel 100% of the time. Taping wedges evenly is a little tricky. Once you tape, going to no tape will require a lot of material removal to bring back. A taped wedge LOOKS nicer tho :).

[hig789]

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/273291-Nice-Find-Today-Mappin-Bros

This is what I will be honing. It has some hone wear so I might just go with no tape on this one.

[Kentos]

Nice. If you are going to restore it a bit be careful not to nick the edge, as honing out chips from a wedge is murder without tape...but the shaves are so nice.

[hig789]

No restore. No rust just patina.

[Kentos]

Cool. Let us know how it goes :thumbup1:

[hig789]

Will do my King 1k and stone holder should be here tomorrow.

[skacj7]

Will do my King 1k and stone holder should be here tomorrow.

Good luck Matt. I feel we are paralleling each other in our embarking on the world of honing and restores. I just received my King 1k yesterday and started attempting to hone a brummel wedge I restored last year. I started to hone on the 1k without tape and it was causing major hone wear on the spine so I decided to tape it. I figured I would tape for the bevel setting and put another layer on for the unicot method with my coti. I didn't have much time to devote to it last night, but I will tell you even with the taped spine I am having trouble setting the bevel. I worked on it for a while and couldn't get it to shave arm hair. I called it quits for the night, but will be going back at it soon. Good luck with your wedge, its a nice straight and hopefully the near wedge will provide a little easier honing experience than I am having presently.

[hig789]

Cool. Yeah I honed my first straight the other day on my coticules but it has not been shave tested yet, it was not in really bad shape. As far a the tape thing goes, any razors that I care about the appearence of are going to get one layer of tape wwhile setting the bevel and then a second layer for finishing. I don't know if this is standard practice around here or not but I'm like you I don't want massive hone wear. As far as your bevel, just keep at it you will get it, maybe apply a little pressure to the blade? I am not one to giving advice about honing though, maybe someone else will chime in. If you add a layer of tape I am certain that it will come soon. Good luck.

[hig789]

I see why no one likes honing wedges. That are a royal PITA. Just thought I would put that out there, now back to the King and try to get the bevel set.

[Lexbomb]

I honed up a champion wedge this afternoon I ended up using the coticule.be method and I had to use 2 pieces of tape and now boy she is sharp I will shave with it tonight.

[hig789]

I need to try that I saw it earlier. I was only using 1 piece of tape.

[global_dev]

My strategy is to use some tape and wear it out until there is none to get to where Kentos described. just removing the volume of metal using a DMT C was staggering... maybe it was the rolling x strokes i used, but I recently honed up a wedge and my wife won't stop telling me how i spent all of 2 days just setting the bevel...

[hig789]

My plan was to use one piece of tape to set the bevel and then add another to finish. I worked one it for about 2 hours last night and it is getting there but not shaving hair yet.

[paco664]

more elbow grease!!!! *(sound of whip cracking in distance)

[hig789]

:a53:

Found this for you Paco.

[paco664]

more elbow grease!!!! *(sound of whip cracking in distance)

more elbow grease!!!! :a53::a53: