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Hello:

I am wondering if there are other stones and leather wheels that fit onto a T-7?

Does Norton, etc make stones that fit and operate well on a T-7. Sorry if this has been answered, I did not see it in my search.  Thanks!

Thanks Grepper! Makes perfect sense. "When the grindstone turns towards the tool it grinds faster. When it turns away you have more control. I very rarely have the stone turning away from the tool."

http://tormek.com/international/en/accessories/grindstones/

Hello: Great progress so far on the razor sharpening project, have made a jig that works well and holds both sides of straight edge razor blades equally well- repeatable and precise. 

Have been looking at getting the SJ 250 4000 grit stone and in the video, it looks like the stone is rotating away from you in all cases (unlike the basic stone). Is this correct? Ie similar to the leather honing- rotation never towards you always away?

Thanks, you guys are great. TG

[Anybody else have repeatable small angle mirror image jig ideas?]

Thanks Ken & grepper- getting much closer. Need a consistent edge replicable both sides - a jig that does this is key. Re Norton 4/8k stones, well they are pretty nice, but I am looking for something that can be done consistently every time- that is why the jig is so important.

Anybody else have repeatable small angle mirror image jig ideas?                                             The rest of my Qs seem to have been more than adequately answered- thanks.

As well, with a 0.5 micron size, this paste on the leather wheel goes way beyond what Norton supplies, as it is the equivalent of 50,000 grit    http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2003112/866/Micro-Fine-Honing-Compound.aspx
I got that idea from the paper that grepper posted earlier on this thread: https://www.wickededgeusa.com/files/knifeshexps.pdf  wherein on page 44, the Prof gets the edge widths down to 0.3-0.4 microns- that is what a new disposable razor has.

(1 micron is about 8k same as a Norton: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/buffing-material.htm).

Why does all this matter? I've a dense forest of beard hair and I go through disposables too quickly (to the tune of $200 a year) and it's quite wasteful. Thus simple math shows that a $700 T-7 with a seven year warranty is well worth the money and all of my kitchen and woodworking tools will be far better off for it.  Might be some other good things that come of solving all this. The benefits of being a perfectionist. Thanks! TG

Thanks, Grepper & SADW, very helpful. It seems like the only two remaining questions are 1) Do the geometry calculations of the WM200 hold below 10 degrees? and 2) Does the SV 45 or some other tool physically allow one to consistently go down to 8 degrees each side without hitting the grinding or leather wheel?


This is a pretty good link that takes me back to high school: "Gee, I am a tree!", thanks! 
http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/grinder.html#grinderset 

Hello: Complete newbie here. My grandfather several generations removed had a hardware store that sold quite a few straight edge razors in the late 19th and well into the 20th centuries. Several of these razors have been passed down to me which I use regularly and have maintained using Norton 4/8k stones as well as a leather strop with diamond spray on it.

I've heard that the Tormek setup is a great way to do sharpen these great old razors to a whole 'nuther level by using the Japanese 4k SJ250 and following up on the leather wheel LA 220 (anyone know the grit of the as supplied Tormek honing compound? http://www.woodworkersemporium.com/Tormek_LA-220) and applying this green rouge product liberally to the leather wheel: http://www.japanwoodworker.com/product/156691/Green-Rouge-Polishing-Compound--KoyoSha.aspx  (0.5 to 1.5 micron)

When watching this view re the WM 200 Anglemaster,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFmGfDULpiQ#t=81  it talks about halving the angle to adjust the knife holder. In my case, the full blade angle ranges from 16-18 degrees- ie 8 to 9 degrees each side. This is part of what makes these razors shave so well.

So my questions are: 1) Is there a way for me to set the blade angle to 8 degrees even though the WM 200 only indicates down to 10 degrees a side? 2) Secondly, can the angle actually be set and put an edge on that is lower than 10 degrees as shown? 3) If so which models can do this? Ie Super 2000 (one here in town on Craig's list) or T-7?

Thanks very much, looking forward to getting involved. TG.