Hi, I've been into straight shaving for about 1 month now (about 15 shaves). I've got my "restored" razor from Kenrup and it was shave ready, well after about 100x strops it really was.
Even if I was able to get pretty conformable shave with it, I was not 100% satisfied of it. Even if I was able to pop hair with it, I decided to give it a go on the 4k/8k Norton to refine the edge.
I've done about 10 laps on the 4k, and then about 20 laps on the 8k. The finish of the egde was then more miror like than before honing it and even more than when I got my razor.
I've read pretty much about honing and it seems that we should be able to pop a hair directly out of the 8k, or even with the 4k.
I don't have much experience with honing, but out of my 8k, I was far from passing the HHT!!! It took about 50 laps on the pasted strops and then about 150 laps on the strops without paste to be able to pop a hanging hair again.
So here is my concern, is there any expert out here that can tell me if HHT is possible to achieve directly out of the 8k without stopping?
I have to say that I didn't test it yet with a real shave, so I can't say if it's better or worst since I honed it.
Would a Naniwa 12k in combination with the 4k/8k Norton would be a good combination? Would I really achieve a better egde with the 12k?
Pat.