honing experiment re-visited
I was taking part in the honing experiment before the crash, and my e bay razor arrived today with the bevel set for me by David so here s my progress.
Upon getting the razor I had a look at it under the microscope, the edge looked very flat. Then tried shaving arm hair and it was popping them straight off, did the TPT and HHT both of which it passed.
lapped my norton and decided to do a small pyramid progression. 3/3 1/3 1/5.
Did the first 3 on the 4k side then did the 3 on the 8k side turned it over 1 stroke then back on to the 8k and as the blade slid over the stone I felt the sensation of grit on the stone. I stopped immediately and looked at it under the microscope.
The beautifully flat bevel David had set now has tiny little chips in the blade:cry:
OH NO .. So I stopped and scrubbed the stone and re-lapped it. I think it may have picked some grit up from the norton box it was resting on when I turned it.
SO I did the same progression again on the stone and finished on with 20 strokes on a coticule.
It shaves off arm hairs easily but did not pass the HHT . under the microscope the chips are gone but the edge does not look as flat as when I received it.
So i stropped it on my red latigo stroke for 30 strokes and took it for a test shave.
Well it seemed to take some of the stubble off but it was not a smooth shave and was slightly pulling. and now my face does not even feel like I have had a shave.
I figure that I need to go back on the norton but do not know what progression to use, and I do not want make it worse.
Any help is greatly appreciated