Having a new hone and new(to me) razor in house I really couldn't wait, so I had to cheat and do one go at the Norton before 2012... :)
The razor is a scruffy looking Gotta 120, 13/16 Sheffield steel.
My Norton took some time to lap, a coarser DMT would be nice to have, but it turned out fine with some work .
I pretty much followed the way Glen shows in his Norton video, only using the "nagura" that came with my Chosera 1k for making a slurry for the bevel set. I killed the edge on the scuttle and went to work.
After finishing up, (and surprised how little time spent on honing from bevel to finish) it was off to the strops, 80 laps on Scrupleworks linen, the Scruple linen got some Dovo white on it, but being non-abrasive I figure it should be ok.
Then 50 laps on Kanayama suede, then 100 on the Cordovan.
Looking at the edge through my 100x scope it looked downright scary compared to the 30k Shapton edges :dropjaw: Visible scratches, not the mirror shine I'm spoiled with.
So I was a bit apprehensive putting this blade against my face for sure!
But the shave went fine, thank heavens.
Not as smooth as a Shapton 30k edge further polished by CrOx and cerium obviously, but not bad at all actually!
My face feels fine and pretty much BBS after 2 passes, no irritation.
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blix72 at 2011-12-30