Thread: 2nd Attempt at Honing

Worn spines should have worn edges too. Unless there is something very wrong with the razor, you never should need three layers of tape. How much hone wear is there?

Killing the edge before starting honing is about equivalent to breaking your leg before starting to train for a marathon. What is the point in dulling an edge that you are trying to sharpen?

If you are not happy with the shave, then you can try honing on a midrange hone, but the odds are that the bevel set is not complete. You actually can shave off of a 1k hone's edge. If you cannot, then the odds are low that your work on the higher grit hones will fix it.

I agree the bevel may be lacking but did you strop it with 3 layers of tape ? Wondering if the edge actually met leather.