Quote Originally Posted by Marshal View Post
In this case I dulled the edge because there were microchips in it that I initially blamed for the harshness of the edge. Didn't count strokes on the Swaty, but I know it was more than 10. It also saw a few more than the recommended 10 on CrOx, I gave it 15 laps before stropping. I feel like the hone should be improving the edge. The stria off the Swaty are noticeably smaller than those from the Norton 8k under magnification. Possibly even finer than those from my C12K and I know for certain that will get a good shaving edge.

No tape on this one. For a vintage the hone wear doesn't look too bad so it didn't seem necessary. May amend that if it comes to rehoning the blade from 1k again.

I check the bevel as shown in the video - no shinies without magnification. The first few checks with a 60x lighted loupe didn't reveal any either. A fifth very careful inspection has revealed things I'm not happy with. Back to bevel set it goes.

Ernie - not so long ago I had a pretty decent edge on this thing, and it was indeed a very nice shaver. In fact it was easily my favorite razor. But every time I get a good edge, I screw it up by trying to replicate or improve the process.

Well, no point losing sleep over something I can't mess with til Sunday. Once I've got some more stubble worth shaving I'll pull out the stones and work it over again. Current plan of action - back to 1k to ensure bevel is correct. This time I'll move slower and take even more time at each step to ensure it's right before moving on. I'll flip a coin to decide if I'll use the Swaty or a different hone when the time comes. I don't want to give up on that hone, but there is the real possibility that it's a lost cause with my current skill level and I'm doing more harm than good with it.
You can get a pretty great shave off of the 8K. If you look back through the Janorton threads you can see some of the techniques used to get a good polish on the 8K. Glen has a couple of videos on it as well.