Post by sired8 on Jul 11, 2010 2:03:54 GMT -5
I've been using Rolls Razor for some time and am really impressed with it. I wish I'd started it sooner along with SR. Anyway I reckon if I can hone a straight I should try it with an SE and see how it goes.
Don't mind the spastic movements ( if any ) I was trying to keep my arm stationary while carefully honing the wedge.
I used Norton 4000/8000 combo and finished with Guangxi natural. I'm no expert with honing SE wedges but am glad mine were shaveready after the fact.
Legend
5/5 - 5 strokes on 4k and 5 strokes on 8k is 1 set. Then you proceed to
3/3 - 3 strokes on 4k and 3 strokes on 8k and so forth. Once you've pyramid down to 1/5 you finished 1 pyramid set.
Or:
Norton 4000
5 strokes
Norton 8000
5 strokes
Norton 4000
3 strokes
Norton 8000
3 strokes
Norton 4000
1 stroke
Norton 8000
3 strokes
Norton 4000
1 stroke
Norton 8000
5 strokes
= 1 pyramid set
Don't do 8 sets of 5 strokes on both Norton 4k and 8k.
Before dry shaving strop first.
You can check the edge by dry shaving small section of your face ( I did sideburns and cheek ) or you can go for another pyramid set which what I did.
My wedges as I recall glided over whisker. So I checked my progression after 2 sets.
This is what it took to get my Rolls shaveready. Bear in mind yours can be less or more depending on the condition of edge. I was lucky mine didn't have any chipping or warping.
Progress:
Rolls Razor and Imperial 2
Norton 4k & 8k:
5/5 - 8 sets
3/3 - 8
1/3 - 8
1/5 - 8
Guangxi:
10 strokes - 10 sets
It was easier for me to do increments of 10. You can do increments of 15, 25 and so forth.
You obviously don't want to use Guangxi to finish the edge if you haven't shaveready edge.
Even after taking the guard off Rolls I couldn't perform a Hanging Hair Test ( HHT ). Granted it's not necessarily set in stone but nevertheless good guideline. To remedy this, instead I went for dry shave test as normally do after honing straights but not before stropping first and then finally an actual shave test.
*NOTE*
Also I realized after honing the Rolls the spine had significant wear in spite my leaving the weight of the wedge on the stone. When I got to the Imperial 2, I applied 1 layer of electrical tape which can be seen in the video.
It's not a lengthy video but you get the idea.
In the video: 5 strokes on 4k, 5 strokes on 8k
10 strokes on Guangxi:
Don't mind the spastic movements ( if any ) I was trying to keep my arm stationary while carefully honing the wedge.
I used Norton 4000/8000 combo and finished with Guangxi natural. I'm no expert with honing SE wedges but am glad mine were shaveready after the fact.
Legend
5/5 - 5 strokes on 4k and 5 strokes on 8k is 1 set. Then you proceed to
3/3 - 3 strokes on 4k and 3 strokes on 8k and so forth. Once you've pyramid down to 1/5 you finished 1 pyramid set.
Or:
Norton 4000
5 strokes
Norton 8000
5 strokes
Norton 4000
3 strokes
Norton 8000
3 strokes
Norton 4000
1 stroke
Norton 8000
3 strokes
Norton 4000
1 stroke
Norton 8000
5 strokes
= 1 pyramid set
Don't do 8 sets of 5 strokes on both Norton 4k and 8k.
Before dry shaving strop first.
You can check the edge by dry shaving small section of your face ( I did sideburns and cheek ) or you can go for another pyramid set which what I did.
My wedges as I recall glided over whisker. So I checked my progression after 2 sets.
This is what it took to get my Rolls shaveready. Bear in mind yours can be less or more depending on the condition of edge. I was lucky mine didn't have any chipping or warping.
Progress:
Rolls Razor and Imperial 2
Norton 4k & 8k:
5/5 - 8 sets
3/3 - 8
1/3 - 8
1/5 - 8
Guangxi:
10 strokes - 10 sets
It was easier for me to do increments of 10. You can do increments of 15, 25 and so forth.
You obviously don't want to use Guangxi to finish the edge if you haven't shaveready edge.
Even after taking the guard off Rolls I couldn't perform a Hanging Hair Test ( HHT ). Granted it's not necessarily set in stone but nevertheless good guideline. To remedy this, instead I went for dry shave test as normally do after honing straights but not before stropping first and then finally an actual shave test.
*NOTE*
Also I realized after honing the Rolls the spine had significant wear in spite my leaving the weight of the wedge on the stone. When I got to the Imperial 2, I applied 1 layer of electrical tape which can be seen in the video.
It's not a lengthy video but you get the idea.
In the video: 5 strokes on 4k, 5 strokes on 8k
10 strokes on Guangxi:
