Thread: Second try at honing...seeking opinions/suggestions...

Hi, I picked up a JA Henckels razor that had a reasonably sharp edge, but lots of dings and such. I mentioned it here http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ggestions.html

Here are some original condition pictures of the bad spots:



The bevel was about 1.5mm wide. The heel had the worst ding, about 2mm long. Same with the divot seen. It cut arm hairs on the front half of the blade. But lots of nicks. It has some black spots, several on the bevel.

This is the second razor I tried honing, with the goals to be practice honing, and possibly get it in a shaveable state. Per some suggestions in the original thread, I put on 3 layers of tape, and did circles on the 1K Norton, until the dings were out. The one on the heel was still there a bit, so I switched to one layer of tape and honed more. Here's what I have so far:



The bevel width on one side is pretty even. A bit narrower at the heel and wide at the toe, except at the very toe, where the old bevel was pretty wide. The new bevel hasn't reached up that far. On the other side, the bevel seems even, except near the toe, where it gets a bit narrower, and again the old bevel is wide at the very end.

The heel (first shot) seems pretty good, somewhat of a divot left, but I think it is past the edge. The middle looks pretty good, maybe a bit jagged? It's pretty high magnification. The toe (middle, and last two), you can see the new bevel is not as wide.

Thoughts on the bevel?

Looking at the edge head on, it seems to meet well. I don't see any shiny spots along the edge.

Should I proceed to 4k/8k, and then 12k, or do I need more work here?

Thanks in advance!