Quote Originally Posted by Bart View Post
Thank you, David.
I really hope that's the problem, 'cause that would be easily curable.
Would "overhoning" be of any concern in those early honing stages? Or would any overhoning issues be automatically smoothed away by the subsequent strokes on the blue and the yellow?
I didn't want the do too many strokes on the DMT, in fear that I might go to far. Is the only result of doing too much on the DMT 1200 a waiste of precious steel?

A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer...

Thanks again,

Bart.
David and I share similar approaches and equipment, hence the similar replies.

If you stick with a normal X stroke and use a reasonable amount of pressure, you won't "overhone" with the DMT. By that I mean you won't ruin the edge. It will improve to a certain point, then it will level off. You can "hone too much," which means that you just keep honing past the point where you've maxed out what the hone can do. Then you're just wasting metal. If this isn't a really nice razor, I'd say it's worth wasting some metal for the learning experience.

Overhoning, or creating a wire edge that seems sharp only to crumble when you shave with it, isn't a huge problem with the DMT/Belgian setup. It's unlikely that your problem is caused by overhoning; more likely the edge just isn't ready for the fine polish you're trying to put on it.

Josh