As mentioned previously on this forum, I first used a razor some 45 years ago, and have lived in a world devoid of information on razors until my son put me onto this place. It fired me up and have now bought half a dozen or so razors and have started to enjoy 'playing' with them.

In a previous thread I was given the information on how to get what I call a very sharp razor compared to the sharp razor I had been using this past 45 odd years.

Now some of the razors I have bought have been good and some not so good. Some required a good clean, polish and new scales which I made up myself out of a piece of ebony that was lying around.

This honing business is interesting for previously I had nothing to compare with. My old razor a Gotta 120 I consider sharp. Some of the razors purchased are now very sharp and an absolute pleasure to use.

The interesting thing is that they have all been sharpened the same way. A visual inspection determines how many passes on the coarse stone, but it runs about like this 8-10 x 2000, 16-20 x 4000, 32 -40x 8000,
40 x hard felt with red dovo paste, 40 x hard felt with white dovo paste, finish on leather strop.

Out of all the razors the ones I consider very sharp are: Dubl Duck Satinedge, Boker Eidleweiss, 2 Bengall Full HG. The ones that are sharp: Gotta, Super Focus, 2 Bengall HG

Is this the razor or is it me? Do the sharp ones need more time on the coarser stones.

Any input gratefully accepted. It's not a huge issue - just interesting that I now have somthing to compare