Thread: Honing Experiment/Those Before Us

You are going about this the best possible way. Learning what is happening off of every stone will give you a feel for when it's time to move to the next. I have done this a few times with different stones just to see. The only step I skipped was stropping the razor. I would shave right off of the stone to know what the edge was doing and where it was at with no other prep.
This gave me a real feel and understanding of what the hone was doing to the edge. I was told once, and have read a few time that a well honed razor will shave good right off of a Norton 8k. I have done this several times and after my skills became better I found this to be true.

Keep up the good work and