Thread: Norton 1k issue

So the short answer is, try it and find a system that works for you. Then perfect it.

I use a lot of unconventional techniques, or at least try them. My progression is a variety of stone brands that works for me.

Really the only stone that matters is the finisher, all the rest just flatten and polish the bevels to get you to your finisher.

You can make the process as complicated or simple as you wish.

For many years I use a Washita, Translucent Ark, and a strop.

If you cannot shave arm hair off your Norton 1k, there is either something wrong with your Norton 1k or something wrong with what you are doing or your arm hair is very different from any I have personally witnessed. You should be able to "pop" arm hairs off the Norton 1k.

Options as I see them are:
Try another Norton 1k.
Meet with someone local to see if you are doing something incorrect.
Meet with someone local to attempt to calibrate you arm hair against theirs.