Thread: A Bevel Experiment!!!!!

I decided that I had a perfect opportunity to test a theory that had been put out there from Josh and Heavydutysg135 about the most important part of honing was setting the bevel.
I totally believe this theory BTW....
I had 4 razors to hone up so instead of doing the normal one razor at a time, all the way from scratch, to shave ready.... I decided to try a assembly line process...
I started with all 4 razors on a 1k Norton and began to set the initial bevel, how many strokes on each razor is irrelevant, I just wanted to get all 4 to a sticky sharp bevel then proceed with the experiment from there....
One razor needs way more work, because of a bad toe grinding that was there when I received it, so I set that one aside and continued on...
When all 3 of the razors were at a nice sharp bevel I stopped and gave it up for the night...
The next morning I started with a freshly lapped 4k Norton each razor got 10 laps, then the stone was flipped, and they got 10 more laps...
Next came the 8k with the same type of process only I went to 15 laps
after that each got 20 very light laps on the 16k Shapton
each got the exact same stropping on the exact same strops..
Keep in mind that I am very compulsive, and have the ability to do repetitive muscle motions very well, this is not a recommended way of sharpening razors!!!!!
I am not sure that this proves with out a doubt that bevel setting is where a shave ready blade starts, but it sure worked on these 3 razors... In my mind I believe that the bevel is where it is at!!!!

This was just an experiment!!!! Do Not use this as a Honing guide!!!!!