Want to learn to hone my razor...MN
Hey everyone,
I'm a new enthusiast with a few old blades I'm trying to sharpen on a Norton 4k/8k. I have flattened the stones, and set a bevel on a 1k stone, but I can't get anything better than a tugging, sub-par shave edge on the 4k/8k. Whether I do pyramids, or just lots of strokes on 4k followed by lots of strokes on the 8k... the blades aren't even close to shave ready. They are a hollow ground Frederick Reynolds and Joseph Elliot, so the blade shouldn't be the issue. How do I master this damn technique? Do I need a finer stone? Do I just need to hone them for like an hour or something? What's up shavers?