Possible to have bevel set with some microchips?
wHey, gents.
Title says it all really. I'm using a 1k to set the bevel. I've taken a chip out of the heel and the heel up to the toe side of the middle of the edge look great. The upper toe, however, has some barely visible chipping. I don't want to "overhone", but I realize that sometimes it just takes as long as it takes. I thought I had used overpressure causing the microchipping, so I dialed down the pressure and increased the reps a bit but can't seem to make the wee chips disappear. They did get a little smaller. BTW, there was no pitting or anything on the razor that I saw. It's a vintage Globusmen,,solingen steel.
Its pretty dern close to passing the TPT.
If it helps to know, my honing regimen is 1k stone to 3k-8k-12k Naniwa followed by CrOx felt and CrOx leather.
As I said, I'm just concerned about overhoning. My last 2 bevel sets went pretty well, one vintage solingen and one vintage Sheffield. Contrary to some shared experiences, the latter seemed to set a bevel in less that 1/2 the time of the solingen(though it was a bit beat up).
Cheers!
edit-I'm going to lap the king 1k again(I lapped it before I started and before even hone)...