Thread: Mid-range tips

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

How are you doing the TPT?
A little more pressure.slide off the blade at a 45" angle.
Shave is most important

I'm doing it the original way. Along the blade not across it. Shave sucked lol. Back to the start... And work my way up again.

You can do it. Lap stones first. fresh tape on each new hone. You had good results up through the 4K.
Let build on that. Setting the bevel again should go quickly because you have already done it once.
Let see if we can trouble shoot what happened after the 4K.
Message back when you get to that point again .WE will work through this to the best of our ability.

Now today I set the bevel on 1k King. Followed the pyramid method from the top. Had to go through 5 down a couple times to get it where I wanted it. At the end of it all the tpt isn't as sticky as id like but I'm going to give it a test shave.

Well I pulled it off! Thanks to Mr. Lynn Abrams and his pyramid method. Although I had to do more strokes and run through the progression more then once but starting at a lower number. I still came away with a shave ready blade and a close clean shave! There is room for improvement but that will take practice. Thanks too all who stuck it out and believed in me.


My mid range advice is don't quit! When you fail, try again and work your way up, try different things but stay on the same hones.

Congratulations Sir, well done!

Cheers, Steve

I believed in you. Proof that pyramids work as well as the library.
90% of what we do is test. Good Job. Enjoy the shave. Remember this moment and savor it.