Quote Originally Posted by Korndog
...It's also generally accepted that a push cut with no slicing motion is better accomplished with a very thin and highly polished blade (microtome blade). One would think that the shaving stroke, being a push cut, would lend itself better to a polished edge with a very accute bevel. This would logically lead us to the "no such thing as too sharp" conclusion...
Hi all,

that is exactly my opinion and experience.

I don't believe in the tooth theory as far as razors are concerned, because I never try to establish teeth, I always hone in an X-pattern, but switch the direction regularly, so I will have rhombic striations on the edge that will rule out teeth. I mostly polish the blade as well as possible and get great results. I even don't use the pyramid technique, my usual steps are:
1000 King stone with water,
6000 King stone with water,
8000 King stone with water,
Blue Belgian coticule with lather,
plain leather strop (I don't use pasted strops).

This works on any straight for me.

I get great results: HHT and great shaves.

So, are teeth a myth?

Best regards
Martin

P. S. Does anybody know how DE blades are honed? I think I saw one tv program where they were honed in the direction of the edge, not perpendicular as with a straight, so no teeth are possible, but my memory may be wrong.