Quote Originally Posted by markhur View Post
Hi everyone, I have been continuing with my first honing attemp on this razor at the weekend, and pretty much spent the whole day on it...i think i must be doing something wrong?.. i did have a shave with it at the end of the day just to see if i could and it cut hairs but wasn't very comfy...it also felt like the edge was wide when compared to my full hollow ground...
with the magic marker technique it removed it all evenly on one side and only in the middle on the other side, unless i applied more pressue on the bits with marker left on, it would vanish in a few strokes. I waited till it cut hairs on the skin of my arm on the 1k then went ot the 4k and it got duller and wouldn't cut hair then eventually it did and i moved to the 8k and continued, then stropped..
so should i go back to the 1k or 4k? as it is not feeling right to shave with? does speed make mcuh of a difference as i was going slow but when viewing honeing videos others go alot faster is this a technique thing that comes with practice or does the speed move more metal?
Honing speed is relevant to time but not metal removal.
Does it cut hair evenly along the whole blade ?
I'm concerned about this extra pressure you applied to clear the marker from the bevel. Does it require this pressure even at 8 k to clear the marker ? If it does the bevel is still not set.
If the razor is warped it may need some gymnastics to get full contact but pressure is a no no at end stage.