beginner honing difficulties
Ok, I think I'm getting to the point where I'm pretty much stumped.
I bought a Wade and Butcher that was advertised in shave-ready condition, and when it arrived it was anything but.
Rather than send it back to be re-honed, I'm taking this as an opportunity to learn how to hone myself.
I bought a Norton 4/8K combo stone and have been trying to learn everything that I can off the wiki and the videos.
The first go round was with pyramids, starting at 25/25 and going down to 1/7 - no results. Today watched one of the other videos on the wiki, and decided to just go to down on the 4K side and did 1000 laps or so, and the razor seems to me nearly as dull as ever, and absolutely will not cut arm hair. At this point my plan is just to keep working on my technique, and keep hitting the 4K side hard, and see if I can get anywhere with it before moving on to the 8 and CrOx. Any other suggestions?