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Honing an Henckels (carbon steel) razor.
Here's an interesting experience I made yesterday with a razor I bought (from the States) last January. I honed it at time on a King 1K -> Diamond Slurry on my Aiiwatani Karasu (base stone), followed by Shobudani's slurry. I shawed with it a couple of times, but the shaves were just "decent", nothing more. I was starting to use the Jnats, but in reality, I was groping in the dark, until Euclid440 literally took me by the hand and started guiding me in the fascinating and complex world of Japanese stones and sharpening in general.
Yesterday, when I put the razor under the microscope, I saw a strange aspect in one zone (toward the toe) of the bevel. Sincerely I don't know if I made it or if there was already a portion of enlarged bevel, as I saw there was a sort of "double bevel" that I could have created during the previous honing, on a pre-existing situation... The remaining bevel was normal.
Anyway, I took that portion as a reference point for yesterday honing session. Last microscopic image is a control sample of another portion of the bevel.
The Razor: Henckels (carbon steel) 401 Platinum - 5/8" FH
This Time I used (1 Kapton tape) my Ozuku (Asagi?) as a base stone, followed by slurry of Tshushima/Asano Mejiro/Ozuku Suita Naguras. I.e the same sequence I used on Gong Razor I posted some days ago, which had given excellent results.
Microscopic and test shave results were as expected... i.e. very satisfying. The shave was close, quite smooth and post shave excellent.
This shows that, although I still have a lot to learn, having adopted a systematic operational criterion (under the careful guidance of a skilled Master) begins to give repeatable results (and to get a narrow bevel ;) ).
I'm very Happy today! :)
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