Thread: My razor is too sharp???? I like a duller edge??

Originally Posted by mparker762

Another interesting snippet about it not mattering what the low grit hones do:

page 23:

"The edge quality was independent of the size of the burs left from the original grinding with either 600 grit or 1000 grit wheels. The coarser original burs of the as-ground 600 grit blades and the finer burs of the as-ground 1000 grit blades were both replaced with similar edge geometries."

You see this man says what he sees.
he is talking about bar's on 600 or 1k level. that is all correct
after 8 k basically we don't have bar's. it is just straight line edge. now we make that edge narrower until we get highest grit stone we have used.