Quote Originally Posted by BrentonC View Post
Greetings Gents,

I'm afraid this is installment #2 of the same complaint I've had before about honing with Naniwa 5k, 8k, and 12K hones.
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Please forgive any frustration that leaks through in my post.
A leak, eek -- calls for a styptic pencil.

Try this.
Starting with the fine one first, lap each hone just a little with your DMT
underwater in a bucket or the sink. No pencil grid, just a gentle lapping.
The order is just to eliminate transferring coarse grit to the fine hone with
the DMT, running water is OK. No soaking is needed as far as I know.

Using light strokes, hone with lap ratios that match the grit.
With one drop of dish soap in the bucket... rinse the hone
and...

N*5 laps on the 5k
N*8 laps on the 8k
N*12 laps on the 12K.
Start with N=2 i.e.

10 laps on the 5k
16 laps on the 8k
24 laps on the 12K.

Nice smooth deliberate laps angle the blade so the full width of
the blade and the hone match up. No "fancy" X strokes
unless the razor needs it.

Strop smoothly... and shave test.