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12-30-2008, 01:51 PM #31Senior Member
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Nice! Do you really use the 2000 and 6000 often?
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12-30-2008, 02:51 PM #32illegitimum non carborundum
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I've wondered about this a few times. Do you shave test all of them???? I've shave tested up to three razors in single shave, and I find in annoying to do so, so I wonder how many you test in a single shave?
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12-30-2008, 03:08 PM #33Senior Member
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It has taken me some time to figure that out. I heard it on your DVD a year ago but I had to develop some skills to make it happen. I don't know if anyone is old enough to remember the old commercial about when E.F. Hutton talks I listen, but that is the way it is for me when Lynn Abrams talks, I listen.... and learn. Thanks a lot for all the great info Lynn. Originally Posted by Lynn
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12-31-2008, 12:46 AM #34Senior Member
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Not very often. The 500, 2K and 6K are there because I have SAD [Shapton Aquisition Disorder]. I will be first in line if they come out with a 60K. Wait a minute I think that is a leather strop. Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin
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01-15-2009, 02:14 PM #35Senior Member
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Sorry to dig up old thread but I'm looking hard into buy Shapton's from the get-go and usually try to bring up old threads instead of starting new one's where possible.
We can make a jump of quadruple grits? (What I mean is...everyone's is jumping from 1000 to 4000!?) I had always heard, and with sandpaper at lower grits working on hunting/kitchen knives, have learned that jumping more than double grit will end up costing you time (and tired hands) in the long run.
Ceramics just cut THAT much faster I suppose?
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01-15-2009, 06:59 PM #36Just one more lap...
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Warning! Newb post to follow:
Yup, it does seem weird, that big jump from 1k to 4k, but it's pretty much the standard when using synthetic hones on razors. It seems that the semi-standard progression is 1k, 4k, 8k. That's pretty much where the "semi-standard" ends. After the 8k, some guys go to a Coticule, others will go to a 12k Chinese, 16k Shapton, or one of those Japanese naturals I can't pronounce or spell.
Note that the 1k is generally only used if you need to set a bevel on a blade.
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