If you follow my journal you know that Mr. M paid a visit to me via my Buck Salient. I screwed up and let the Faucet Monster bite it.
Here are some pictures of the damage.
As you can see here the edge was actually rolled some making a lip. I could feel this lip with my thumbnail.
This is a magnified shot
I decided to go to the DMT D8C to remove this. I taped the spine because I didn't want that much wear on the spine. Right or wrong that is what I decided to do.
I was successful in removed the damage from the edge.
I then removed the tape and reset the bevel on my Shapton Pro 1K. Once I had it passing the cherry tomato test with ease I went ahead with the Shapton Pro progression 5K, 8K, and 12K.
The edge looked good to me through the loupe.
I then finished on my Translucent Arkansas. I started this time with a 50-50 mix of Dan honing oil and mineral spirits. Once it was sticking I then went to water only and honed till it stuck.
The edge was tree topping arm hair with ease at this point and was HHT along the edge.
I took it for 25 laps on the Tony Miller Heirloom Old No. 2 linen and then 100 laps on the leather.
Now for the real test, Will it shave?
The resulting edge started out a little rough/harsh feeling at first, but settled down before the 1st pass was done.
I got a nice BBS shave with no nicks, weepers, or irritation.
Here are some pictures of the damage.
As you can see here the edge was actually rolled some making a lip. I could feel this lip with my thumbnail.
This is a magnified shot
I decided to go to the DMT D8C to remove this. I taped the spine because I didn't want that much wear on the spine. Right or wrong that is what I decided to do.
I was successful in removed the damage from the edge.
I then removed the tape and reset the bevel on my Shapton Pro 1K. Once I had it passing the cherry tomato test with ease I went ahead with the Shapton Pro progression 5K, 8K, and 12K.
The edge looked good to me through the loupe.
I then finished on my Translucent Arkansas. I started this time with a 50-50 mix of Dan honing oil and mineral spirits. Once it was sticking I then went to water only and honed till it stuck.
The edge was tree topping arm hair with ease at this point and was HHT along the edge.
I took it for 25 laps on the Tony Miller Heirloom Old No. 2 linen and then 100 laps on the leather.
Now for the real test, Will it shave?
The resulting edge started out a little rough/harsh feeling at first, but settled down before the 1st pass was done.
I got a nice BBS shave with no nicks, weepers, or irritation.