Thread: 1st comfortable 8k shave!

The other part is I believe referring to not enough hone work and using pastes to compensate. I would suggest using the finishing stone again going as light as possible. I would have thought that you should be able to tree top off that hone but haven't usef one so will let someone who has chime in here.

Originally Posted by rlmnshvstr8

What is "the other part"? I'm not getting what you meant, but I do see where it probably is too much. 10-15 laps sound better?

The other part is, what state is the edge in that it requires so many CrO laps ?
10 laps is probably more in the ball park.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

The other part is, what state is the edge in that it requires so many CrO laps ? 10 laps is probably more in the ball park.

The reason was very simple...inexperience, and fear of not doing enough. But that is why you guys are here to keep me one my toes and pointing me in the right direction. That was the number I decided to do after coming off the 8k and before my final strop and test shave. So I don't have any before and after crox data to go on. But I'll try just 10 next time and if I can't get it on 10 I'll take a step back to the 8k if not the 4k. I'm working on consistent pressures, even utilizing my kitchen scale to try and keep my pressure no more than 55-60 grams (my razor is 43 g). This so far is the only way I know to get a feel of what "weight of the blade" feels like.

It sounds like you may not, have completely set bevel, (the bevels were not meeting completely. A bevel set, flattens the bevel, sets the bevel angle in line with the spine and results in them meeting in straight edge.

The most time and pressure is spent on the low grit bevel set, decreasing both as the grit gets finer.

If the low grit bevel setting stone have not accomplished all three objectives, you may get lucky and the polishing stones may get the bevels to meet, but the edge may not last, it is not that strong.

So if there is no edge, there is nothing to polish. You were probably close, but you were, fully setting the bevel with 30K paste.
Develop a 100 percent fool proof bevel set test. Then remove the stria of the previous grit with, each subsequent grit.

If you don’t, that stria will end in a chip at the edge.

A proper progression is designed to do just that. Time on the stone and pressure are the variables. Or if you use natural stone, you add yet another variable.

If you are in doubt about the bevels being set shave off of your bevel set, ya it won't be comfortable but you will know if it is set, then work on calibrating a test or tests that will confirm this for you every time. Shaving off of every step in your progression can be an enlightening experience also.

To be honest. I wasn't worried about the bevel until yall started saying something about it. Was the bevel probably perfect, probably not. I was very maticulase looking at it under a bright light trying to get any spots or lines to reflect under magnification, and after an hour of looking at many different angles I decided to move up and not worry so much about it. I began to look for something to be wrong with edge rather than just examining the edge. As one said earlier, the more razors I do the better my edges will get. I'm going to continue to work on my bevel setting and try to perfect it since its 90% of the work, but I'm not going to beat myself down on my first victory at trying the basics. There are many factors that could have lead to the degradation of my edge by the end of the shave; one being 3x too many crox laps. But I'll take note and next time try again and learn something. But what I know now is that that shave I had was one of the closest (it has lasted longer than most before my next shave) and most comfortable I have had in a very long time. Thx everyone for the advice, I'll try to keep them in mind when I take my razors to the stones again.