Thread: Grrrrrr. Not ... sharp ... enough

As Jim said, the Idea of setting the bevel on 1000K is to get the sides to meet. The bevel will shine under light but under magnification you will see striations from the course, to us, 1000K hone. Going up the progression should eliminate most if not all the striations and will look mirror finished in the end.

Have you tried using a magic marker on the bevel to see what you are doing on the hone?

Honing a straight razor is not science or some fixed formula but a skill set, a sorta touchy feely proposition.

Bob