Originally Posted by
kahunamoose
What everyone else says about inexpensive Zeepks, Kriegers, others, all of the $10 surgical stainless steel blades out there. The metal is so low grade it just crumbles when you “sharpen” it down thin enough to be razor sharp. You can drive yourself crazy chasing an edge that can’t happen. You will be fine with the current stone collection you have EXCEPT you will need to add one or two stones in the 4000 and 8000 grit range, water type stones that will slowly dissolve as you hone on them. The resulting sludge is what really hones the blades. If you polish your chisels on leather with abrasives, this is what pasted strops are here and they are a cheap way to get a fabulous edge on a razor. Also read up on taping the razor’s spine, you can do lots of honing learning without wearing down the blade or messing it up too much as you make your learning mistakes. I see you got “ego”. I know that one. Get a Norton 4000/8000 waterstone, read and HEED the info you can collect here, and you will have NO PROBLEM getting this razor honing thing down. It will take a while, but it will come.