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Originally Posted by JoshEarl
This is a really interesting thread. Promise me you won't do more than a few strokes when you realize you're shaving with the 1200-grit edge...  |
Let's just hope my face is able to tell the difference. I secretly hope that it shaves really bad. Otherwise I might be publicly crucified by a posse of fine-hone owners.
[quote=JoshEarl;232101 I agree with what you're saying about the V-shaped grooves of the DMT vs. the rounded grooves left by the natural hones. I think that's why a coticule or escher edge is more comfortable than an edge from an artificial hone. There's also a connection between the shape of the abrasive particles and how easily a hone creates a wire edge--I can't proove it, but I know it.
Keep up the good work,
Josh[/quote]
Thanks for the encouragement. You make a good point about the wire edge. Being a typical coticule honer, I actually never met such a wire edge, and I do check all my edges under magnification.
For the moment, I'm tuning those 8 Double Arrows, to make them ready for the experiment (softening the hard edges of the tang and tightening those sloppy scales a bit). They all came new from Stamps22 with a smiling edge. I wonder if I should remove the smile first. Not that I don't like a smiling edge, but I do think they are more prone to uneven honing than razors with a perfectly straight edge. When honing a smiling blade, I sometimes have to go back to the hones after a test shave, because the heel or the toe is not entirely up to my (high) standards. With a straight edge, I can practically hone a razor and know I get consistent results every single time. What do you think?
Bart.