This is how the disease starts... :)
Hi Charlie,
Welcome to the insanity. I'm but a little further down the road (3 mo).
You will likely find you're going to need some optical help in evaluating edges. Most advocate a 30x loupe. I have a 20x, and a visor that ranges from 4-15. It helps to be able to verify that each successive stone has done it's job before moving to the next - by replacing the more coarse scratch pattern with it's own, finer pattern. I'm enjoying the edges I put on blades, but am pretty lost on most of the common variations of warped & wavy blades. It seems the learning curve is long on honing, but it is fun.
The magic word "successes"
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charlie762
I have just successfully honed my second razor :D and although it's only my second, I have decided to give up using the arm hair test before coming off the 1k. and use the TPT instead. My eyesight is too poor to see arm hair cut although I think I can hear and feel it.I definitely think I am improving both in my honing skills and my ability to feel the sharpness with my thumb even though it's only been two razors (two successes that is) but the difference in quality was definitely measurable.An even more comfortable shave this morning.I felt it cut into my thumb pad easier and quicker than usual even though I was still using almost no pressure. Now I know what the excitement is about honing.
successes is the magic word.
In the end there is only one...
the shave test is the only test that matters.