Originally Posted by str8razor
Joe is right. I had a blade that I could not get to hold an edge let alone shave well. I honed it one day starting with the 220 grit, 1000 grit, 4000 grit, 8000 grit, 12000 grit doing 20 round trips each. This did remove the old edge and start a new one but still it did not shave well. HOWEVER, DO NOT USE THE 220 GRIT AS THIS CRUMBLED THE EDGE AND LEFT IT WITH TINY IRREGULARITIES WHICH ONLY COMPLICATED THE PROBLEM. Joe then suggested after each shave to pyramid the blade using the 4000 and 8000 at a 3/3,3/3,3/3,1/3,1/3,1/3 system and then 20 strokes using 0.5 diamond paste and then 20 strokes on the leather strop.
I actually did this and finally the blade did come out of it and actually bacame a good shaver.
Note: all of the grits except the 12000 were a Norton and the 12000 was a Shapton.