Okay, I've been having lots of fun playing w/ my diamond film (razors sharper than ever), but I still can't get anywhere w/ this TI. I must have done close to 200 strokes on the D8E (scratch pattern looks good under the scope & passes the magic marker test easily), but when I go to polish it after, it fails HHT miserably and gives a rather half-arsed shave. Not close & uncomfortable. My others are actually smoother than when I used CrO paste!

Most of my razors are done in about 5-6 strokes on each grade of film (maybe more like 10-12 for the higher grits) & I've been doing no less than 20 strokes each on this thing. More than my Friodur by far. Film is still cutting great (lots of swarf), but now I'm starting to worry about wearing out this stuff playing with this one razor.

My only thought is I still have a double bevel. Except the positive sharpie test... Anyone had this problem?