WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Marduk Mittwoch
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 β trouble is, I don't quite know what.
Have a good night!
~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
Iβll be doing a Principles of Honing video in the next day or two. Hopefully, there will be some information there that will be helpful.
Looking forward to it!
The challenge for me will be to keep the math and the materials science to a minimum. Gotta know your audience :)
It's us, your fellow shave nerds! Bring a blackboard and let's get tribological, tribological πΆ
I donβt want to rub the wrong way ;-)
Tribology, noun: The science of rubbing the right way.
#metwo
Well, I stumbled my way through it. Here's a link to the video.
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On the watchlist!
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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 π
You seem to be on your way to wetstonetube fame - continue the good work!
Thank you very much!
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?
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.