Thread: my first honing experience

Well... still no success...

The honing went pretty ok...After the Coticule with slurry I went to the DMT for 30 laps... borrowed a hair from my GF she's got pretty thin hair and it failed the HHT but after 10 more laps it passed all over the edge..The I went to the BBW with slurry.. and did the HHT again but that only passed occasionaly.. so no Champaign yet in the fridge..

after the BBW I went to the Coticule and then stropped on leather..

Then I went running and took a shower (This was a good plan cause during the run I got an idea whats going wrong)...

I shaved after the shower and it was horrific... it felt like pulling barbed wire across my face.. It did shave but, very very uncomfortable.. It didnt pull at first but at the end of the shave it didnt shave my upperlip anymore..

During running I figured out the it might just as wel be overhoning.. that would explain the strange reflections on the edge that I saw again after stropping (I sure checked it before stropping and I didnt see it then.. could it be that because of overhoning a shiny piece of metal folds back on the edge during honing and folds back when stropping? causing these reflections. I only see the reflection on ONE side of the blade for a certain part of the bevel.. so its either on one side or the other.. never both)

If thats not likely I'm very curious about plan B...

Maarten