Thread: #$%^&$@# Honing!

AJ, you can do acouple of things now that you know your razor is not nearly as sharp as you'd like it.

Check whether your hones are really nice and flat. Some hones need lapping before you can use them.
Second: do the bevel marking test which will tell you if you hav a good bevel on both sides along the whole cutting edge of the razor. I am not sure whether you'll ever be able to pop hairs off your arm after the 3K as SteveS suggests (sorry Steve, I do disagree with you here).

When you think your bevel is OK then move from the 3K to the 8K and do about 30-50 laps and check if you can pop hairs now. But strop first before you do the arm hair test every time!. If no good after 30-50 laps go back to the 3K and so on till you notice improvement.

Spending much time on the 8K is pointless unless you got your bevel right on the 3K.

Different apporach: send the razor to a honemeister and ask him to analyse your razor for you.