Quote Originally Posted by jaegerhund View Post
What I don't understand is that I think I've read posts where people claim to have razors that will not pass the HHT on any hair but still get good shaves ---am I right here?
Yes. It's not unusual that my razors topple hairs great at 4k, less so at 8k, and have real trouble at 15k+. Several of my sharpest and best razors are like this, including the Feather, my Lynn-honed Wonderedge, and one each of my Sta-Sharps, Watervilles, and Mappin&Webbs. It's not universal; my Robert Williams razor pops hair like mad and it's probably my sharpest razor, and my other top razors pop hairs fine. But because of this inconsistency I don't really worry much about the hair tests above 8k, I just make sure my honing technique is solid, and get a definitive answer from the shave test.