Straight Razor Honing Part 3: Advanced

[bind1967]

WHen doing reconstruction work on a blade, doesnt the use of black take actually change the angle of the edge? How does this affect the blade life and shave quality ?

[bind1967]

@bind1967 tape, rather... not "take".

[Mackenickelson]

You should make another video on honing methods. These vids were great if you want to know about straight razor and stone dynamics but very little info on the actual honing other than you can lay it flat and push back and forth. Next video try to focus on all the different honing methods like dilucot, unicot, pressure, and torque. Good vid otherwise tho. :)

[bennra26008]

What a great set of vids! I learned a ton off to find a combo norton Thxs a bunch

[jcbauerca]

Talks too much about the stone types and concept of metal removal and did not get into the stroke or pressure.

[eatmymeat21]

@jcbauerca

Watch part 2

[xinglesbutt3]

thanks very much for the video. It was highly useful and I really appreciated it. cheers,

MB

[donkeyplowing]

nice vids dude....liked all 3...

[yeek8py]

Good technical background, nice one!

[BARONSAMEDI242]

Or you could have simply shown how to drag the blade across within 2 minutes or so without all the wordy bullshit. EDIT EDIT EDIT this down

[drtisbeter]

Great vids, thanks.

I picked up my first razor about a week ago and I got it pretty sharp but to make it pass the hanging hair test takes a lot of creativity...

I already had a set of Japanese water stones 800, 1200 and 6000, so instead of buying the 4k/8k stone I figured I would buy a 10k stone. Would you do anything differently with this stone combo?

Thanks

[matix600]

Great instructional! Thank you so Much!

[jsj297]

Talk aboat?  lol

[MostlyInhuman]

Gillette fusion never again!

[AndroGhost]

very helpful series.

thx for your time

5* to all of them

[OomOli]

Great videos man thanks a lot

[spisformereturns]

Awesome series. They helped me greatly. I have only been using a straight razor for 6 months and am quite the rookie!

[sini8080]

Very informative videos. Thank you so much for posting this.

[awpeel]

Fantastic series of videos, this helped very much.

One question though regarding blade reconstruction. If you tape the spine so that medal is only removed on the front of the blade, won't that change the angle at which the blade is then sharpened? Going forward even if no tape is used the blade will still be more aggressive.

Not sure if this would make a difference, but just wanted to get people's thoughts and see if they noticed a difference.

Thanks again for posting this.

[jigmesam]

He mentions the solution for this. Untape the blade and set the bevel. Around 12:30 I think

[beatrice187]

Thanks a lot this has really cleared things up for me on what kind of stone i need

[mGARANDEUR1]

Great video for learning how to sharpen a razor. I'm not sure that diamond sharpeners are actually worth buying. I have owned a couple in the past, and from experience water stones are far more effective even at a higher grit.

[bigwizzle45]

I just received a straight razor for Christmas and found you instructional videos to be excellent sources of information. Thanks a lot Plexuss.

[gagstx1]

look at 7:37

the water on the waterston makes out a face

muahahaha

[4kingproperjob]

Can you please tell me where i can get the same type of setup shown in the video?

Great series of videos. I found them really helpful.

[EatTheWeeds]

Extremely informative. Thank you.

[Liamz51]

Very useful series. Thanks for taking the time to share your excellent knowlege of this subject.

[OBELISK79]

Excellent video! Thanks again!

[csuhdraven]

Excellent info! Thanks!

[3genbar]

very informative.thanks for the tips.

[OhReallyNoWai]

Gillette, the best a man can get!

[UberShtrudel]

wrong :)

[scizot12]

@UberShtrudel hey uber i know you posted this comment 2 yrs ago but i was just wondering what this straight razor honing guy is doing wrong? if you dont mind that is.

[garakiran]

excellent i appriciate you for sharing your great skill with people who are intreste d in straight razor shaving.

[crazyoneupatree]

one thing about the diamond honing is to use a figure 8. this means that u wont be eating one side of the blade quicker than the other- old carpenters trick.

[uncobo]

Excellent series! I have been searching for this type of information for ages. Any tips on shaving technique would be welcome ...

[Strats13]

5 stars. Very good. It was very hard to find such kind of information. Thank you.

[olsaintnic]

Thank You, there are no professional straight razor sharpeners anywhere, I called over 10 in my area. I will try to learn.

[bitzadoggy]

An excellent series of videos. I now know all of the mistakes I've been making (or at least most of them). Thank you.

[brewtwoone]

Excellent series!! Thanks for taking the time to do it.

It has been extremely helpful.

[revmyo]

Thanks for all the work! A couple of other useful topics, if you have time and interest: "truing" the hone's surface, and using a 60X or 100X microscope to check the condition of the edge.

[gypsyjazzbo]

Thanks for making this series, I've learned a lot from them!

[fuzzynaruto]

i can't hear!!!!

[mantic59]

Good series. I wish you had done it a month ago (if you look at my channel, you'll see what I mean)