Thread: Possible To Pass Hanging Hair Test off of Norton 8k

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Probably just semantics but there's no point in killing an edge. Just kill any burrs or wire you may have created.

It helped me, so therefore i recommend it. It's not a hard-kill either. across the thumbnail a few times will do it. Just so that it won't nip arm hairs. Then make it POP arm hairs.

Originally Posted by globaldev

Granted my experience is limited, but i have never seen anyone recommend test shaving at 8k before moving on.. Is this common here ?...

Yeah, we've spoken of it here quite a bit. Try some searches. Hit this one: Advanced Search, Titles only, "test". That'll keep you busy for a week.

Here's a "vintage" thread on the subject: http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...-pass-hht.html

Short version for me is that I watched every single one of Glen's videos (and plenty of others), many of them more than once. I test just about like Glen does. (Then I accumulated 30 something razors of my own from rough to ready and honed every other razor anybody will let me.) I use AHT/TNT for bevel setting. Then AHT, possibly TPT when polishing. TNT is too destructive to use after 1k. AHT will tell you lots, but you have to determine what it's telling you.

Then strop, and shave test.

I'm still working on TPT calibration, some swear by that. My hide may be too thick.


This is Glen: https://www.youtube.com/user/gssixgu...w=grid&sort=da



Also back to OP, here are 526 posts in one thread about what you can do with a 4/8k Norto.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...on-2012-a.html