Hair Whittling Sharp

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Hair Whittling Sharp

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Ok I was playing around cutting hair and I have got a edge that will whittle free hanging hair and and also tree top it but I have to play with it it won't do it every time. I used 140 diamond 400diamond 400 ep 1000 ep 2000 ep tape then .5 micron diamond spray. What else do I need to get a better hair whittling edge
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Drafter wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:16 pm Ok I was playing around cutting hair and I have got a edge that will whittle free hanging hair and and also tree top it but I have to play with it it won't do it every time. I used 140 diamond 400diamond 400 ep 1000 ep 2000 ep tape then .5 micron diamond spray. What else do I need to get a better hair whittling edge
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I think you have the answer though how often do you find yourself whittling hair with a kitchen knife?
Getting an edge that sharp is more practical on a thin fine edge of a straight razor.
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I see no value in hair whittling it was just cool that it was possible. I like around 2000 grit edge for my purposes
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I have also been experimenting with a toothy edge also
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Drafter wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:16 pm Ok I was playing around cutting hair and I have got a edge that will whittle free hanging hair and and also tree top it but I have to play with it it won't do it every time. I used 140 diamond 400diamond 400 ep 1000 ep 2000 ep tape then .5 micron diamond spray. What else do I need to get a better hair whittling edge
You can continue the progressionn to finer compounds past 0.5 . I have compounds as much as 100 times finer.

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ken123 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:52 am
Drafter wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:16 pm Ok I was playing around cutting hair and I have got a edge that will whittle free hanging hair and and also tree top it but I have to play with it it won't do it every time. I used 140 diamond 400diamond 400 ep 1000 ep 2000 ep tape then .5 micron diamond spray. What else do I need to get a better hair whittling edge
You can continue the progressionn to finer compounds past 0.5 . I have compounds as much as 100 times finer.

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Yeah, what Ken said!! We use his 0.05 compound to cut molecules and if necessary we go to the 0.005 compound to split atoms. LOL!
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I assume my grit progression is fine then I kind of thought I may have to big a jump between the 2000 ep and .5 spray so what's the next level I need to jump too?
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.25 .125 or .1. You could skip the .125 My preference is for smaller jumps (.25).

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