So after a long wait a set of nortons arrived today. Naturally when I got home from work I had to bust them out. Now time for some quick questions...

Would I be in the right to assume that a new lapping stone is flat?
If it is then what are the odds of all 4 sides (of the 2 hones) being high in the middles?

Pushing these minor questions aside I took blade to hone; one strip electric tape, 220 to set a bevel.

The razor has some issues, a slight frown and what I'm thinking is a difference in shoulder thickness (noticed when attempting X strokes the one side lifts at the heel when the shoulder is on the hone, not so on the other side). other than that I pig headedly pushed onward working 220 then 1000 to 4000 back and forth then 4000 to 8000 again moving back and forth in pyramid type sets finishing with the wool CrO pasted and webbing then leather.

Hairs pop of the arm (hanging hair has eluded me even on a sharp (honed by Lynn) razor.

Tomorrow the face
(Am I gonna regret this... we'll see. I can always grow a beard and work on honing)