Thread: Why is this lapping taking sooo long???

If the corners are sloping downward more needs to come off from the center out. When I have run into that I have looked at my pencil grid and gotten what I needed of the actual area used for honing flat. I let the corners slope if they are not in the area making blade contact. Eventually over years,with continued honing and lapping it will get there. I only take off what I have to in a situation like that.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If the corners are sloping downward more needs to come off from the center out. When I have run into that I have looked at my pencil grid and gotten what I needed of the actual area used for honing flat. I let the corners slope if they are not in the area making blade contact. Eventually over years,with continued honing and lapping it will get there. I only take off what I have to in a situation like that.

Thank you, I had actually wondered if this was the case. I notice that the start position for my razor during honing would actually be beyond the corner that is sloping.