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First Honing and The Results
I was able to get this razor from a local Mennonite tool sharpener. Another customer had brought it in over a year ago to have it sharpened and never picked it back up. It has no name stamped on the tang, so I was wanting it to be my first honed razor guinea pig.
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I have as set of Naniwa Sharping Stones 1,000, 3,000, 8,000 and 12,000 grit. I also have a 10,000 Naniwa Specialty Stone. I started out on the 1k stone trying to get rid of the marks on the bevel from the tool sharpener using an Amazon purchased loupe. Once happy with that after about 15-20 minutes(I was not in a hurry) moved on to the next stone. Stopping every so often to check with the loupe on the progress of the removal of the last stones etch marks. I don't know if you can see it in the photo or not but the shoulder on the razor sticks out/higher then the plan of the blade which made getting the heel honed properly difficult. I just skipped it to be honest and did the best I could with the heel trying to keep the blade flat on the stones.
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I shaved with it the next morning. The shave was not bad. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. Especially how it was my first self honed razor. I was able to get my usual two pass shave(WTG & ATG) out of it.
Now I am going to take it back to the stones starting at the 3k stone. There is a spot or two that looks bad under magnification that I would like to try and get out of the blade now that I know I can hone a razor to the point where I can shave with it. If I hose it up I don't really care as I bought it to learn how to hone.
After I honed the razor I stropped it on my leather strop about 75 times. The one question I do have is, I have Whipped Dog Balsa Wood Strop w/ green 0.3mic chromium oxide & red 0.1mic iron oxide. Should I use that after honing verses the leather strop?