The arm hair test should be done half way up the hair shaft or higher for the shave ready test, not at skin level. A well made bevel off of the 1k stone will easily cut hair at skin level, that is my test for moving up to a higher grit stone.

I haven't done pyramids for a long time but they worked well after a bevel was properly set on a 1k




Quote Originally Posted by Ostekongen View Post
Shaving arm hair also works. The only issue I see with this is: should the hair be shaven off easily at skinlevel or is it ok if it tugs a little?
Setting the bevel is apparently 80-90% of the honing process, so I guess I would do well to lean that first...