So I'd been working on a new/old straight for a few weeks and found the going slow. So in a fit of vengeance decided to end it once and for all and destroy the old bevel and create a totally new one.

Using the imperfect form of a secondary finger on the tip to increase the hone/edge wear on it, I'd finally make a real straight edge of this straight edge. Not looking to destroy the obviously designed muted square tip on it, I went to work.

I was left with an buzzed inner thumb and meat/webbing and first finger. It was so hard the vibrations felt throughout my hand created a desensitized/numbed tingly/sleeping-limb kind of sensation for two days after honing. I just created the bevel, adjusting/creating a new blade geometry but it took a toll on my sensory neurons. Not fun. I had attacked it with a new fury after a few weeks of wearing on it. I swear this is the hardest straight razor steel I've ever encountered. Once I've finally honed it I'm going to shave with it for as long as it takes to actually see what it is, as far as straight edge razors go. It's that hard.

It's because it's a full hollow, that's why it's vibrations went through so cleanly. It wasn't absorbing much of any of the vibrations off the coarse DMT diamond tablet. They went right into my hand. I know because I had to hold onto the shank well that it went into my holding hand, but I didn't anticipate the vibrations rocking through my hand like this. No musculature wear, just the vibratory effects on my sensory neurons. No pain, just tingle and strangeness from the "sleeping limb" effect. Ouch. I've got to find some kind of glove to negate this neuronal effect if I should ever get into professional honing...