Thread: C12k not restoring edge i think

+1 Shooter. Guys are buggin' on the HHT. I've been reading it a lot lately.

The OP never mentioned how it shaves, just that it's hit or miss on the HHT, which varies greatly depending on the hair. Really, Don't rely on wheter or not you can pass the HHT or pop arm hair. Shave with the razor, see how it feels, Does it pull, Tug, drag across your face like a rusty rake? Also, 75 lapps with a C12k is light, even for touching up a good blade. 100 lapps is the norm without slurry, give or take. A slurry will speed it up.

Originally Posted by zib

+1 Shooter. Guys are buggin' on the HHT. I've been reading it a lot lately.

The OP never mentioned how it shaves, just that it's hit or miss on the HHT, which varies greatly depending on the hair. Really, Don't rely on wheter or not you can pass the HHT or pop arm hair. Shave with the razor, see how it feels, Does it pull, Tug, drag across your face like a rusty rake? Also, 75 lapps with a C12k is light, even for touching up a good blade. 100 lapps is the norm without slurry, give or take. A slurry will speed it up.

I've put at least 200-300laps on the 12k as well as trying the circles method followed by pasted strop then 50 on leather. I have not shave tested it yet, but it was definitely shaving arm hairs considerably better than before and passing HHT (not that it matters). It was also shaving the tops off of hairs when lightly passing. I think that it might even need more laps.

I will shave with it to test, but I'm starting to seriously think that the 12k is even slower than I thought. I originally thought ~100 laps would restore but now I'm thinking it needs 500 or so. This could be due to the fact that I did not refresh it weekly with poor stropping so the edge is taking a while to come back. Now that I have the stone, once I get the edge keen, I should be able to do 20-50 laps per week on the 12k to keep it up.