I've managed to learn to refresh my razors with diamond and chromium oxide pastes, a 12K Naniwa Super finishing stone down to a 1K Naniwa Specialty stone to include a 5K and 8K stone but I don't yet know how to set a bevel. I prefer to have a hone meister do that, at least until I learn to do it without tearing up a nice, new razor.
My questions: is it best to stick with the same hone meister for any given razor rather than switch to another equally good hone meister? Many of the recognized best, not surprisingly, not only know each other but are close friends.
Do they all reset the bevel each time they re-hone a razor?
Doesn't resetting the bevel at every honing wear out the razor sooner or does it merely set up the edge for further sharpening and final polishing evenly across the entire edge?
Thank you,
Mike Slate