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a thread is just a new subject, it seems like you did everything right.

as far as honing goes, it takes some practice but the equipement you bought will work great (i have both those stones ). check out the Wiki articles and the videos. heavydutysg135 has some great videos. another recommendation is to buy Lynn's DVD as it is supposed to be great, i really want to buy it, but haven't yet, which is probably why it took me a while to get the hang of things .

i wouldn't touch the 220 side. was the razor sold to you Shave Ready? if not i would go at the 1k side until you have a nice and even bevel set along the whole edge of the razor, if it was then go to the 4k side and go until it passes the HHT ( i know a lot of people will say they don't like this one but i do) without making a ping sound. then the 8k to polish things up. for me i usually do about 100 laps on the 8k but there isn't a truly correct number. after that strop the heck out of it and shave test to see where your at. one thing to note is that the 1k laps are a bit more forgiving but once you hit the 4k and 8k it makes a big difference when you really keep the pressure light.

*#NOTE#* did you lap those hones? if not then they must be lapped before use. there are many threads on here you can search for on how to lap them.

if you are patient and ask lots of questions here everything will go very well, that's what i did.

What is lapping the hones? Tx for the help?

Originally Posted by jleffmann

What is lapping the hones? Tx for the help?

To flatten them, by rubbing them on a lapping plate, or flattening stone, again the Wiki is yer friend first.... Then refer back here with anything yer not sure of....

jleff,

Lapping is the process of flattening the surface of the hone. It's done to eliminate the possible hills and holes in the plane of the hone's surface that would tend to unevenly abrade the edge of the tool being sharpened by providing only point contact. It's felt that the surface of even a factory new hone will need lapping to make that surface true and flat so that the honer will have the "edge" in making his edge true and uniform.

the first time i lapped mine i used a progression of 320, 600 then 1000 grit wet dry sand paper. i drew a grid with pencil on the hone surface and lapped until it was gone on each grit. use a bristle brush and water to clean the surface between each grit. i soaked the paper in water for about 10 mins before i used it and i placed it on a piece of glass.