Originally Posted by
Euclid440
Lots better.
Nice work on the heel. All of this is repair and must be done before you hone.
Now honing, will still not be a regular honing, so take your time, it is repair honing and you will have to set a bevel where none exist.
You can hold the razor at about 45 degrees spine off the stone, drag the edge across the stone, do about 10 laps then look at the bevel to see how close they are to meeting. Keep doing sets of 10 until the bevels get close to meeting. This will save you a lot of laps on the 1K, by knocking off the corners and starting a bevel. Do not get them to meet, leave a couple thousands on the edge,
Put 2 layers of tape on the spine and stay on the 1k, until you fully set the bevel. Check your tape often and re-tape as soon as you burn through, if you feel it get gummy, stop and re-tape. Start honing by doing circles until the bevels come together, then switch to X strokes.