This is the second time this has happened, wondering if others have had this experience.
Got a new razor about a month and a half ago, prehoned when it shipped to me. Decided it was time to touch up the edge on the stone. Used coticule + water for many many laps-- zero response. Backed off to BBW + slurry, still no response. Had to back off to coticule + slurry which is normally "bevel reset" territory to get a response, then came back to BBW+slurry then coticule + water, now I have a really nice edge.
Same thing happened on my first razor, but as I was new to honing, I thought it was just me (I've done a lot of work on a practice razor since then).
The logical explanation is that the razors were initially honed with tape, but I know the first razor wasn't, and the second razor was honed by the same guy who honed the first razor, so I highly doubt that one had tape. Could it be differences in technique? Or something that happens when intially moving from nortons to naturals?
-Chief