Help with honing a new razor
Hey All,
So I bought a TI from AoS. It turned out to be somewhat warped. Exchanged it and got a better one. Shaving with it was horrible, so I decided to do a touch up with the 4/8k. I lapped it and did a standard pyramid. This made my blade duller:shrug: . I didn't feel it getting sharp. So I started from the begininng did 15 on the D8C, 30 on the D6E and I'm feeling the blade get sharper, more on the heel but not so much at the toe. I used the marker test and although the VERY tip of the toe isn't getting that much attention, it's still touching the stone, but it's not getting sharper (I can roll my thumb pad over without it digging in, as opposed to the heel where I feel it digging in) I tried to focus more on the toe but I'm still not getting there. So my questions are:
If I keep honing on the DMT's will the toe eventually catch up with the sharpness of the heel?
Should I focus on the toe for several passes?
How many passes does it usually take to reset the bevel? (I've watched David's videos and he did some 300 total passes on the Extra Fine)
I'm worried that I'm removing too much metal, should I be?
Thank You all