Thread: Newbie Q: can't get razor sharp enough

Those kings work well with a little slurry, and you need to refresh the home with your lapping stone as soon as it starts feel slippery, a good gauge is the sound. Sounds like it’s not cutting as aggressively as it did when freshly lapped.

Not sure if your using tape for the spine or not. If you’re planning on not taping, I would tape it until you get the bevel reset, then set it again with the tape off, if planning to ultimately not use tape. It can save a razor that as newbs we can quickly ruin, I know from experience.

Once you get the bevel set on the 6k, keep honing until the stone feels really slick go super light, weight of the blade laps. You want to get the edge as perfect as possible before you jump to the 12k otherwise you’ll be there awhile. Good luck.

Be careful with the crox, a little goes a long way. I use 7 laps after I come off my 12k Naniwa, any more and it makes the blade “grabby” and irritating, at least to my face.