OK - thanks for the help! I appreciate it. I have looked at the edge straight down and I don't see and shiny reflections that would indicate that the bevel is not set all across the edge. At least my beginners eye doesn't see any. I've also carefully laid the led lighted loop (really a handheld mini-scope) on the edge and looked at it straight down under magnification (after the 1K rounds) to see if I can see anything there - and I don't.

I have checked for the chips and stria at each stage and I haven't progressed until the previous stone stria are gone.

After I have so carefully worked the edge up to the 12K -- jointing the edge lightly on the 12K seems drastic. I assume by jointing you mean run the edge lightly over the corner of the 12K stone? I have read about people doing this to remove the wire edge (actually read a paper by a materials scientist a while ago on the wire edge problem looking at edges with an SEM). So after I joint the edge on the corner of the stone - 20 rounds or so on the linen and then work it about 20 laps on the 12K? I'll give it a try tonight.

BTW, shaved with it again this morning and it didn't perform as well as I had hoped - so back to the stones. I'll do as you suggest Euclid440 and report back.

Thanks again

Adam



Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
Look at the edge, straight down, make sure you do not have any shiny reflections. Look at the bevel and the edge, for chips and deep stria. If you have deep stria, you will have to drop down in stone to remove the stria, if chipped, joint the edge lightly 1-2 strokes and re set the bevel on the 12k.

Strop the razor on linen after jointing and before honing on the 12k to remove some of the ragged edge then finish on the 12k.