Straight Razor Honing - Basic Bevel Setting of Healthy Razors

[@saxman7131]

Thanks Jerrod

[@Thedoug369]

I have Arks, cotties even an Escher. All awesome stones, but I'll take a JNAT with Nagura progression every time. Those things have personality!

[@thesuperiorshave]

Opinions vary, for me they are a bit too intensely keen, less resistance on the hair but skin gets tore up a bit.

[@Thedoug369]

@@thesuperiorshave They can produce a very keen edge for sure. That's why I generally use 7/8 blade. It seems that I cut myself much less often with a wider razor.

[@ShaoLyn8]

I apologize if you've addressed this already.. what is the purpose of using a convex stone vs a flat stone.. what are the advantages/disadvantages? If you have already done a vid that explains that I would love to have the link so I can go watch it.. thanks

[@thesuperiorshave]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKrZm5aDq7yCepI Please read the bottom section of description field starting "THE SIMPLE CONCEPT HERE;" The advantage is to thin the cutting edge as much as the steel can possibly hold w/o crumbling. Thinner = keener.

[@jeronimomacias481]

Thank you sir

[@TheGearhead222]

Dear Sir-Did someone locally teach you how to set the bevel? I only ask as I have successfully sharpened knives and machetes for years, but still cannot set a straight razor bevel. Appreciate any information-John in Texas

[@thesuperiorshave]

No, mostly what you see is self taught or from the razor grinders giving me maybe 15mins hands-on tips each. The razor must be flush at spine and cutting edge terminus at all times.

[@robertjahrling1877]

at 4:00 OOOOWWWWW THAT HERTZ!!!!!!!!!

[@thesuperiorshave]

indeed

[@chanchan524]

If the blade is maintained well and it doesn’t have any significant damage (only for regular shaving use), can I just use the Coticule stone to hone the edge?

[@thesuperiorshave]

Certainly! And just with water, plain

[@chanchan524]

The Superior Shave thanks! Vid was helpful!

[@thesuperiorshave]

You're welcome and happy shaving.

[@rxw5520]

Do I need to set bevel on fairly new razor that used to work, but is now just not cutting as well? Or just start with finer grit?

[@thesuperiorshave]

Depends upon how long it was drifting into the nether region like that, but I'd favor trying just the finest stone awhile and a shave to see if it improves before going coarser.

[@johnnyboydianno]

Like the good doc said well done simple is always the way to go

[@totalanthony]

Are you using any pressure on the soft Arkansas ? With my soft the edge always dies no matter if I use pressure or not

[@thesuperiorshave]

hmm...no, not any more pressure than I'd use on a coticule. So hard to gauge these sorts of subjective views without some impartial inhuman measuring tool, but I'll say something less than you'd use for a pencil eraser employed on a linen paper? A soft Ark is a tremendous bevel-setting tool to me, and always has been, but when I began to use them when slightly convexed they reached the next level. The 2.6x10" soft Ark I've convexed I'd go so far as to say this; it is the finest bevel-setting tool I've ever used, a great feel and excellent speed and leaves behind scratches that I can easily refine. Perhaps the Naniwa 1000 Super Stone has a superior feel, and is just as fast, but you have to constantly clean out the swarf and reflatten it (and you'll buy it more than once if you're a hobbyist, no way for a soft Ark)...I will trade a debatably-inferior feel and having to use diluted Ballistol and clean the stone afterwards w/ soap and water over having to constantly clean out and reflatten a hone _during_ the bevel-setting procedure.

[@MC90pastel]

Jarrod are you going to start selling these convex Arkansas any time soon? :)

[@thesuperiorshave]

Right now all attn is being devoted to making a new-style (common/cookie-cutter) site outlay, but when this is done (hopefully by mid-August?), yes, we will at least sell 2 options; a glued soft/black ~2.5x6x1" combination (both sides made convex), and ~8x3x1" soft (one side convex). Someone out there in cyberspace purchased this 2x8x1" convexed soft ark (he'd mailed 2 of his own Arks which also were made convex here), so perhaps he'll chime in on the forums about their use (sorry I don't have knowledge of if he's forum-active and what his 'handle' would be). When you touch up that which was set with flat stone using the convex, you start changing the bevel (cutting in a new one) but you will (if approaching a previously-set-on-flat blade) begin altering the incumbent plane at the very apex...not like with "resetting" bevels using a flat stone or using tape on the spine (in these cases you'll begin changing the incumbent bevel planes 'from the outside in', so the tip/intersection will be changed last).

[@MC90pastel]

Great, will keep an eye on the website. Can the black ark be used after the coti for a final finish or would they be redundant?

[@thesuperiorshave]

sure, I do it all the time. But if mixing flat/convexed, you can only go flat>convex, if razor was given convex hones at lower grits it can't be given flat hones at finer grits (those successive hones would not be touching the apex)

[@JasonConnerty]

Thanks Jarrod. Good Video.