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Tough time getting started...
Hey guys.
Just getting started here. Went to a local antique shop and found what i thought to be a good looking blade to get started with. I have a King 1000/6000 grit stone, a strop(without paste) and some of ken's nanocloth with .050 polydiamond. I know the 6000 - poly is a big jump, but i thought i'd see how it went. Well, not as good as i expected.
I have a good deal of experience sharpening my japanese blue steel knives. So, i read a huge amount of stuff and watched lynn's video's on youtube on honing, cause i want to be able to hone on my own. Not sure what kind of steel this is, but it seems to take forever to get it to get the stone to cut well on the blade(took a while to start seeing dark on the stone)...in fact, it seemed like i honed for a good two hours or more?...and 'finally i could start to see the bevel setting a 'bit. Problem is, i'm not sure what kind of bevel i want? I honed till i could see what looked like a clean edge, stropped it for a bit and then moved to light cutting on the nanocloth/poly spray. After a while of that, had look at the edge...looked a heck of alot better..smoothing out, etc. Didn't pass the HHT as i did it...but thought i'd try shaving anyway. Did the usual, hot towel, lather, etc....then went to shave and it pulled quite a bit? So stopped and went back to my normal cheap bik's. I'm expecting my straight razor to perform at least as good as a $1 bik...
What am i missing here? Does it need more/steeper bevel? A better hone? Any suggestions for a newb? Thanks!
I've included a few shots with the 400x scope.
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