trouble is, I don’t quite know what
I’ll be doing a Principles of Honing video in the next day or two. Hopefully, there will be some information there that will be helpful.
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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Marduk Mittwoch
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 72
- Lather: Abbate y La Mantia Marduk
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Floid The Genuine
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
A very good shave - I used a ridiculous amount of soap, which is apparently what is required in order to get a good lather going with hard water. I did something right when honing the Friodur – trouble is, I don’t quite know what.
Have a good night!
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Looking forward to it!
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
#metwo
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
The challenge for me will be to keep the math and the materials science to a minimum. Gotta know your audience :)
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Gotta know your audience :)
It’s us, your fellow shave nerds! Bring a blackboard and let’s get tribological, tribological 🎶
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Well, I stumbled my way through it. Here’s a link to the video.
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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Watched it, thanks! Great video, with very helpful illustrations, and you dumbed down the material science to the point where I had the impression understanding 😂
You seem to be on your way to wetstonetube fame - continue the good work!
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Thank you very much!
djundjila@wetshaving.social 8 months ago
@gcgallant
On the watchlist!
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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Very nice video, thanks! May I ask why you rekilled the edge on the 8k? Do you think there would already be enough fatigued material there?
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
That’s a very good question. I’ve been killing the edge on knives since it was first explained (by the president of Shapton US) that it is a “good idea” to remove any fatigued metal at the apex before building a final, finished edge. He’s an avid woodworker, so he called this jointing the edge. I have not, ever, seen analysis that would support fatiguing at the edge. It’s plausible, but I kind of doubt that collisions with surface abrasives that remove metal are leaving metal there long enough for it to fatigue significantly. I do this more because I feel that it “can’t hurt”, than I feel that it has structural merit. I often forget to kill the edge both on knives and razors, and I have yet to discern a difference.