Thread: First attempt at honing.. Easier than I thought.

And results better than I expected.

I took one of the few dozen razors that my father left me, a Meteor Works 4/8 that had no bevel to talk of and worked in on a Norton 4/8 following gsaixguns tutorial on YouTube. Finished it on the Lile Black Ark. Inspecting it via a loupe it looked like there were still a fair amount of scratch marks but the shave test proved it to a worthwhile experience. Shaved better than I expected, based on how it looks. I can see how the quest for a mirror finish on the edge can become addictive.

I'm not sure what my next step is, but I am going to watch the JaNorton vids again and see what tweaks I can pickup.

I will say that though I was watching the honing video's I wasn't able to following exactly and my stroke pattern kind of went out the window. Refining things to follow one of the patterns might help get even better results.