Thread: Things to look out for before I touch up my first razor?

Originally Posted by drgreen

That is mainly why I bought it, I didn't want a powerful cutter to ruin my edge if I wasn't careful. Also, its the only hone that I could afford.

That's also why I asked about the slurry stone and how to use it, since I thought it could speed up the process if the c12k is really that slow. Would 10 x strokes be a good start? At these high grit levels, how do you confirm what you have been doing is right?

Number or strokes is relative.
There is no way someone could say do 10 or 20 etc strokes . your stone is not barber hone which usually needs 2-5 strokes to refresh the edge.
Depends of early condition of your razor edge you may end up making more then 60 or 80 strokes.
stone kinda will tell you stop now i cannot do any more.
Sign is blade sucks in to the stone gets very hard to make strokes anymore specially when you make strokes without slurry.
hope this helps.