Originally Posted by
Kriton
Not trying to be a smart ass, but everything is the problem.
And nothing. Ok, I am not jerking with you, I am saying that each step of this process is an art in itself, and you could be just off a little in any one area that is throwing the rest off - I have the stones, the strops, great razors and I still send things off to be honed by honemeisters, not because I do not possess the patience but the skill to really get it right.
I do not know your experience level with knives and sharpening, etc., BUT I highly recommend that, just once, you send your blade to Lynn or Joe or one of the other hone guys around here, have them hone it up right, and then use it (and I would do it out of the box, no stropping) just to feel what it should feel like - even without being stropped, it will feel like nothing you have experienced - thereafter, do the thumb test on the blade, and you will know what to look for after your honing and stropping...if you do not have this baseline, you will not know how far to go, or what it should feel like - and you will be perpetually disappointed listening to us talk about the ever illusive and mythical BBS shave.
It will happen, but the learning curve is steep and worth it...send it away, you will not regret it.
K