New member - challenged honing
Guys I am a new member. I have been making my way from a Gillette Sensor. I started using safety razors about two years ago. I tried a Gillette superspeed and liked it. I then went to the Gillette fat boy. Made my way to a Gem single edged -Micromatic. I called that the butcher could never shave regularly without cuts. Next tried a Gem JR. I have been using that with a lot of success for over a year.
I always liked the idea of a straight razor but never made the jump. Recently I decided to give it a try. I order an old razor from Ebay. I got a B J Eyre for about $10. I ordered a Norton 1000/8000 combo stone. The razor did not look too bad on arrival. I cleaned it with steel wool, disinfected it, and then polished it. I used a buffing wheel on my drill press and some white compound - looked pretty decent.
I moved on to honing on the Norton stone. Took a bit of work. I started with the 1000 side and worked through some of the surface corrosion. I kept honing until the edge looked pretty smooth. I used a microscope at 100 power to check on my progress. I then moved to the 8000 side. I kept honing until I no longer see progress. Blade feels sharp on nail and thumb. I cannot seem to make any more progress but cannot get close to passing the hanging hair test. Any ideas as to what I could be doing wrong?
I will try to post images of the edge.
Thanks for any help.
Ed
These images are at 150X
This is after the 1000 grit side.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...re/Coarse1.jpg
This is after the 8000 grit side.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...re/SSFine7.jpg