Quote Originally Posted by conan View Post
I have recently been trying to hone a razor that was made in germany, and is approximately 100 years old. The razor is very thin when compared to my other DOVO razors which are 5/8 in width. It took me a long time, several hours in fact to set a bevel where it was cutting my arm hair with relatively ease, but not as good as my DOVO's. So I continued to hone on the 1000k, but no matter how long I tried, It would not get any sharper. So I figured I try the 4000k and the 8000k using the pyramid method, and it did cut my arm hair better, but it just did not want to get sharper no matter how many strokes I did on the 4000k and the 8000k. Do you think it is not getting sharper because the bevel is not set correctly? Could the razor have some imperfections causing this delema? Maybe I am not doing the x pattern corerectly; that is the only thing I could think of why I'm having poor results.
Is this your problem razor, or is this your FIRST razor that you have honed? It sounds like my first efforts, I was using much too much pressure....