Thread: A question to the honemeisters out there

Many naturals will produce a hazy bevel finish, and more so with slurry, because of the random size of the grit, as constructed by nature or as the stone and/or slurry break down.

Once the bevels are flat, concentrate on the straightness of the edge, rather than the polish of the bevel.

Although deep stria on the bevel can lead to a chip on the edge, if the stria goes to the edge, but you do not have to polish the whole bevel to polish/refine the edge. A micro bevel is an example of that.

You can have a highly polished bevel and dull, chipped or jagged edge, stropping on Metal Polish will produce such an edge. Conversely you can have a bevel filled with random stria and a straight and comfortable shaving edge.

As said, with magnification do keep in mind the relative size of the straightness of the edge. A good way to do so is lay a hair on the edge, look at it under the magnification available to you and compare the edge to the size of the hair.

Here is an interesting video by Alex Gilmore doing just that, and puts the straightness of the edge in prospective.

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The Fastest way to hone a razor to shave ready

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

God I wish I could remember who said it on here so I could give them the credit

"Once I lowed the magnification I was using, my honing looked a lot better"

JimmyHAD I think ?

I am almost certain it was Jimmy.