Thread: How do you "fine tune" your razor's edge between shave tests?

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

I keep honing on the 8K until it shaves perfectly. I see no reason to go to pastes or get creative when an important step is not right. I would never go to a paste if 8K isn't working right. If I wanted to get more sharp then 8K, I'd go to my 12K and then to my .5 and then to my linen impregnated with fire ash. But I don't do any of this stuff and just stop at 8K mostly because it works.

I do the same thing to every razor until its done. That is probably a more simplistic and ineffecient method, but it has worked on every razor I own. Luckily, I have no aspirations of going "pro".

I do the same thing as Alan. Since learning how to really use the 8k norton, I've not needed to use diamond paste or chromium oxide. I get very pleasing shaves directly from the 8k. That's me, I don't knock others who will use the pastes and chrom ox at all.

Seems to me that a person needs to gather information, try different techniques and settle on what works best for that person. We all have different approaches to reach the same goal.

Stropping seems to be very important for me. I'm still learning the subtle points of working with my linen strop. The leather gives a very nice smooth edge, but only after a 'proper' stropping on linen.

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