Thread: Honing advice

I have a norton 4k/8k combination stone on the way from Howard. I also have a flattening stone coming, as well as a variety of wet dry sandpaper ranging from grits of 120-6000. I also have a 3 line swaty hone that I am going to try to get into shape. I also have a TM paddle strop pasted 3.0 1.0 .5 I do have a few questions.

Will I be able to lap the swaty hone and chamfer the edges with a flattening stone?

I have a couple razors which appear to have a microchip in them. I do not have experience in honing and am wondering what I could do to remove the chip and get the razors back into shaving condition. I am sure the advice is going to be send it to a honemeister but at the moment I Really should not spend the money. Plus I am getting a 7/8 W&B back from Joe any day now and I am going to shave with that. Am I going to be equipped enough to handle these razors?? There is going to be a 6/8 TI and a 5/8 Wapienica that I believe need a little help. They both appear to have a small chip, and the Wap I have not touched it to a hone since it arrived a few weeks ago.

If anyone could help me better define what a bevel is and how it appears on a razor that would help alot. I am not sure exactly what to look for when honing a razor other than a blade that shaves well. I have seen other people talking about a burr and really I guess I need a solid foundation as to what it actually means to get an edge on a razor.