Thread: The dreaded white line.

I've been told to look straight down on the edge with my loupe to check for the white line or sparkles. If you can still see it, you still dont have bevel set. Now I fully believe these guys. They are great honers and I thank them for the help in teaching me to hone. But...

I was on the 1K Chorsera for 2 hours and could still see the white line. Told myself, the line is just not getting smaller so I might as well go on to the next stone (2K) and maybe it will go away then. 45 min's later I'm still seeing the white line???

Moved on to the 5K for250+ laps on the stone and its still there. Dammit!

Went to 8K and still there. 10K and still there. 12K and I was just too disapointed to look any more. Went upstairs for a test shave. Hot rag on my face for about a minute. Lather and hot towel on the lather for a minute then scrub my face with the lather. Relathered and put the blade to my face. Now I have two days growth so lots to shave. The blade went thru the whiskers so nicely that I wasn't sure it was cutting. Like running it thru warm butter. Great shave! Only did one side of my face and one pass so I got plenty of whiskers left to try another blade or two on the hones.

Now here are the pics I took along the way.

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The sparkles are lint from my towel. I tested it to be sure and ran blade under water and dried carefully and the lint moved or was a lot less.