Originally Posted by
Deckard
I would contend that you cant see this with the naked eye. I marker pen each side of a dulled edge and set on a 1K hone until marker removed and the edge breezes through arm hair job done. How wrong was I. At x 300 you can see all sorts going on. For example scratch pattern not going right to the edge, rat bites, toes/heels off the hone. This becomes even more apparent and harder to deal with when you move up the grit range. The finer grits are capable of polishing a toothy edge and still pass hht or other edge probing methods. Let me tell ya the marker pen had long gone before these bevels were anything near set. How have I dealt with these artifacts in the past? well gone back to my lapped chosera 1K and corrected the bevel (tricky stuff) and I soon learned how surprisingly long I had to stay on each stone.
Remember the bevel should only really needs to be set once and includes the spine wear. I only do it on new razors I make, or poorly ground or honed razors and am happy to use tape afterward. Unnecessarily rolling the heel/toe when honing can make the above task more difficult IMO. I also have the luxury of being able to regrind my hollows if I get fat bevels/spine wear as a result.
