Another Poor Slobs Honeing Question
Hello All. Im fairly new to SE shaves, about three or four months. I been sharpening knives and exactos on oilstones to very acceptable levels for years, so I thought I would have no probs with razors. Ha!
Anyway, while I can get them shavable, I was not happy yet. I seem to have better luck with Stainless, Damascuss than with carbon, but that may be another story. I ordered and just recieved my new 1k, 4k, 8k Nortons and a 10k Ice Bear to use only for Razors.
Long and short is I can't seem to get the edges up to even my previous level, so I reviewed Pyramid info and hone videos here yesterday. I am now Kornfused. The video I saw showed the edge being trailed on the hone rather than leading as I have always done. A decriptive analogy would be that my stroke has been similar to attempting to shave a slice of the hone off, but the video stroke I saw was more similar to icing a cake. Does this not kill the fin? Another tell for your consideration is that at least on one razor, a DD wonderedge, I have a nice smile on one side, and a flat or marginal frown on the other.
Any help would be appreciated, as I have just dropped a couple hundered on waterstones, and would hate to have them wind up in the closet.