Thread: 1k/3k pyramid honing

Yes, you can…. Well actually you can’t, but you can see when it is not set. You will see light reflecting back when the bevels are not meeting if you look down on the edge. A completely set bevel just looks black and fuzzy, you need more than 600X to see the edge.

If you can look straight down on the edge and not see any reflections, then the bevel is set. Often you may see a dot or two, micro-chips, a few more laps and your there.

Stay on the 1k doing circles or half laps until you no long get light reflection from the edge, 45X is plenty, you can even see them with the naked eye if your eyes or glasses are good, magnification make it easier.

It is not unusual for a 1k to not cut hair, the edge while set may be very ragged, be aware not all hair will cut or at least will cut differently on different edges, which makes the hair test unreliable.

Here is an un-set bevel in the top pic and an almost set bevel in the second pic. See the white line in the upper right side between the red (tape).

In the second pic the small dots of white are micro chip and this bevel is close enough to move up or 10 more lite finish laps will seal the deal.