Seeking a shaver

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Rebel4ever

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I've been trying out my Edge Pro for a couple of days. Frustration is building up because I am not able to create a bead on a blade. I took an old factory sharpened BM 855 Pardue and the factory bevel angles were different on each side. Using a magic marker, I matched one side and decided to re-bevel the other side to match. Got that done. Then, using the 1000 grit stone, I've tried to get a hairshving edge. Can't make it happen. It's very sharp, but will not shave hair. What am I doing wrong? I'm new to this kind of sharpening, but I've watched all the you tube stuff, and still not happening. Help, please. Thanks.
 
Best guesses are either you're using too much pressure or you have a bit of a burr flip-flopping. Are you using the bare minimum of pressure possible and alternating sides of the blade with every sharpening stroke? Maybe try a deburr with a piece of cork or soft wood if you're doing all that right.

Also, what do you mean "create a bead" on a blade?
 
Sounds like you have a burr. Make single passes per side with very light pressure. Look at the edge under bright incandescent lighting for any remaining burr (a bright reflective flake at the apex of the cutting edge.

Sometimes when reduced enough simply cutting paper will remove the remaining burr, or fold over and cause the edge to snag the paper when still too large. Either way, some sort of strop would be helpful.
 
Ekretz, I should proof read my writing. I meant "burr"! And I'm alternating after every three or four strokes and applying light pressure.
Jason B., I can't feel the burr or see it under bright light but unless I use a slicing motion, the blades does grab the paper. Slicing motion cuts great. But, what will it take to get it to shave hair off my arm?
Oh, the stropping? Just got one in the mail today but have tried it yet.
Thanks for the guidance guys.
 
Sounds as if the edge may not be thin enough (edge angle too wide), or not fully apexed along it's full length. If there were a burr at all, it could and should be able to shave or catch a few hairs at least. A thin burr that's shaving-capable would usually roll or fail in other cutting tasks, almost immediately. Oftentimes, a burr that's rolled or folded to one side or the other will shave or catch hairs from one side, because the burr is leaning toward the skin, and not shave from the other side, because the burr is leaning away from the skin. If it's not catching any hairs at all, either way, it's likely because the edge isn't fully apexed, and therefore too blunt for shaving. Could still cut or slice paper easily though, in most cases, as it doesn't require a shaving edge to do that. Most edges used in the real world, for paper-cutting, won't ordinarily shave at all when tested for that.


David
 
I agree, if you haven't seen a burr at all even with your coarser stones, you almost certainly haven't got it sharpened to the apex yet.
 
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