Thread: Straight Razor shaving for three months but cannot get my razor sharp again.

Originally Posted by Robbied

From what i've researched, I thought that the 8000 is really only starting to establish an edge for shaving. I've seen a lot of videos using 12000 and some going to 16000 then using microfine abrasive powders before stropping.

I wouldnt say that the 8k is the coarsest stone to establish an edge (if I interpreted your post right, which I might not have done). When you come up to 8k and finer you do more polishing than you do sharpening. Most sharpening takes place from the lower grits, such as 1k.

This is to my understanding and I might be wrong.