Honing Hump - never the twain shall meet
Hey all-
I decided to wait at least till I got through a few razors of varying types to ask a couple honing questions, so here it goes. First appreciate all the help so far from everyone, there's no way I'd have gotten this far without it.
Here's what seems to be my deal:
Got a small nick in the toe of my Ralf Aust, took it out on the stones (can't even tell now), took it to the 1k Naniwa to make sure I had a good bevel, and then all the way up through the stone progression. Shaves like a champ.
Now go to two old razors from ebay. One had enough small nicks that I breadknifed until totally dull (I was curious if I could bring it back from this state too). I worked it on the 1k till it was then cutting arms hairs. Finished the progression, CrOx, strop, and got a lousy shave. Maybe the bevel wasn't really set? Started over and 1k and tried again to no avail. Similar with the other ebay razor, I can pop arm hairs but can't seem to finish the job to a good shave.
So it seems like I can either get a super nice edge on a newer razor, or I can (I think) set a bevel from scratch, but can't do both. Do you think it just may be that the older razors have problems I can't detect? I'd like to take a newer razor down all the way and see if I can bring it back, but can't bring myself to do that to my awesome Aust.
Side note: It seems like it took me forever to set that bevel from scratch - maybe 20 minutes on the 1k. That normal?