So I was Honing tonight !!!

[Earthdawn]

Sooooo.... Many may know I got my Naniwa Hones from SRD a few weeks ago, thank you again Lynn.
1k, 3k, 8k & 12k Naniwas
With help from many and especially Glen, gssixgun, and a few weeks of fooling around with them as well as watching Glens videos over and over I finally went with a razor that was going to be usable. I was practicing just technique with some ebay garbage I got when I first started. Getting the feel of the x stroke, pressure feel, razor/hone feedback etc... But tonight I took one of my better ebay razors and went start to finish.
I waited till my better half fell asleep so she would not witness me in the kitchen with my "box of rocks" as she calls them & all the other crap I had in there as well as the iPad setup playing the youtube videos lol. Man I would never hear the end of that!
So I set the bevel, I think, on the 1k and then moved on to the 3, 8 then 12 re-taping inbetween. I actually felt pretty good about the process and tried to hold back the "I can't wait to shave with this when I am done" feeling. But when I was done it had a nice even bevel, though it looked a little narrow, more so then on my others. BUT I cleaned up and went to the Shave Den and got my strop out and gave it 20 on the linen, 30 on Latingo & 50 on the smooth horse.
Lathered up and to my surprise the first stroke removed the whiskers! Now it was not the greatest and there were some slight nicks that I really think may be from poor honning. Maybe leaving behind some imperfections. I never get razor burn and it is rare that I nick myself. In the end I had a really close shave... really close but I came to understand what so many speak of when they say "a comfortable shave". All but 1 razor out of the 8 in rotation have been honed by either Lynn or Glen, so to say I am spoiled with very well honed razors is an understatement!
I have lots to learn I know but I had to share my first full hone to shave experience with you all.
Thanks again to Glen and Lynn and the rest who have helped me in my quest !

PS. I posted the best pic I could get of the bevel.

PPS thats my girls laptop with the Snoopy sticker... no ... seriously its hers not mine !