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  1. 02-26-2014, 11:21 PM #1
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    I thought a razor with a good bevel would stick and NOT move when pulled across a wet thumbnail. Tested at various spots along the length of the edge. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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    You really need to learn the TPT, actually calibrate it to your skin. Feel every sharp edge you can, knife, straight, razor blades, anything sharp. It takes some time but is well worth the investment, nondestructive and will test the WHOLE edge.

    It sounds like your bevel is not completely set, use a sharpie to ensure you are honing all the way to the edge and look at the edge with magnification as demonstrated here
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    Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
    You really need to learn the TPT, actually calibrate it to your skin. Feel every sharp edge you can, knife, straight, razor blades, anything sharp. It takes some time but is well worth the investment, nondestructive and will test the WHOLE edge.

    It sounds like your bevel is not completely set, use a sharpie to ensure you are honing all the way to the edge and look at the edge with magnification as demonstrated here
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    Thanks for this some really useful information in the video. One quick question for me here in the UK, what's a sharpie? I think the interpretation has been lost as it'd crossed the pond!
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  • 02-27-2014, 07:14 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by TimS View Post
    I thought a razor with a good bevel would stick and NOT move when pulled across a wet thumbnail. Tested at various spots along the length of the edge. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
    That's exactly the way I thought the TNT worked but when I tried it on a professionally honed razor it moved across the nail smoothly grabbing slightly. I think when it starts to grab you are getting near to the bevel being set but it still needs some work. Anyway the ultimate test would be to go back to the 1000 Naniwa with one of the razors I've already honed and do some more work until I get it to the point where it slides with a slight grab. Then continue up through the grits strop and then try a shave. If that works and the shave has improved it will confirm my interpretation of the TNT. Obviously if the shave is worse it's back to the drawing board!
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