Will do. Thanks for the input! I like smooth, sharpness I already have plenty of, or I wouldn't be doing 1-pass ATG.
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What I've been doing lately is honing a razor up to the 8k level and shaving. If it is good on the next day I will go on to a higher grit and polish or maybe see if I can get it sharper off of a dry barber hone. Firctionite, Swaty, or Carborundum.
Maybe with the same razor on the following day or maybe a different one go with 1.0 on balsa followed by 0.5 in sequence. Strop and shave. I did that today and got a smooth shave with no weepers.
I think I cut off all of the high spots, moles or what have you with my Merkur Slant with the Feather blade back when I was a DE shaver. :) I never get weepers with a straight and rarely a nick. I used to get both with the DE.
Does the Shapton 16k load up with metal like the Naniwa 12k does?
I have used 12k naniwa it does load up alittle i watched howard use 16k it does load up from what i could see on the dvd and he did mention this.
I've been doing what jimmy has been doing shaving of 8k then adding a polisher ie coticule then somthing differant the next time i'm quite surprised how good the shave is of 8k norton the coticule does add tiny bit more smoothness i will try 12k naniwa and compare