Thread: Advice needed

Originally Posted by Laurens

...As for the 16K maintenance, do you think you would have been able to do that when you just started out with honing? What with stropping and shaving technique, I suspect a 16K may be too fine to make up for small beginner's mistakes...

I sort of think I could. I remember Maxi telling me that the Shapton was aggressive and thinking "Just a sec, it's 16k! How can it be aggressive when it's so fine!" He patiently explained it to me and with experience (trial and error) I understood what he meant.
I seriously think that unless people are stropping like insane psychos, and otherwise treating their razors like shit, 20 laps on the Shapton 16k may (in my experience) bring the edge back quite well.

Of course, if not (if it doesn't work) one should venture to a courser grit (and more homework), but one doesn't need to dive straight in to pyramids and such, esp if one has only one or two razors...

Your mileage and currency rate and taste etc may vary, of course...Goes without saying...

Thanks I've got my Shaptons for just a few months and have been experimenting a lot with them. I am finally getting great 8K shaves and will see what the 16K really does to those edges.

Originally Posted by Laurens

Thanks I've got my Shaptons for just a few months and have been experimenting a lot with them. I am finally getting great 8K shaves and will see what the 16K really does to those edges.

I think you'll find the 16k tweaks it just nicely; it's a nice step up from the 8, I think. But go really lightly, the edge gets harsh is you go too heavy on the 16k Shapton, I think...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I think you'll find the 16k tweaks it just nicely; it's a nice step up from the 8, I think. But go really lightly, the edge gets harsh is you go too heavy on the 16k Shapton, I think...

Good to know Will take one of my Gold Dollars to the 16K in a minute and see what's what tomorrow. And next week I should have some 0.5 micron diamond paste coming in. Super cheap from China, so let's hope it will refine the edge rather than ruin it!