Quote Originally Posted by sharp View Post
Nice job on the video. I watched the entire thing and know that you want feedback. Here are some of my observations (I'm sure others will chime in as well) in no particular order:
Awesome! That is exactly the what I was hoping for!

And to the other newbies out there, it's worth noting, I got a usable razor *and* made that many mistakes. This is a doable thing!

A couple things:

Excellent point on the pressure I'm using with the lapping plate -- I had no idea how much you're supposed to use. Back at the beginning of my Norton, that 4k side was so rough and uneven I just got used to using heavy pressure because it was the only way to make the work of using it bearable.

I gridded it before I worked the next razor and it was, in fact, very slightly dished. I used the Norton flattening stone to even it out and then lapped it again with the same diamond plate.

I really want to get a DMT for this. It's an area where my general 'eh, cheap is good enough' approach has badly failed. The cheap sandpaper left grit int he stone, the cheap diamond plate is too small. Nothing for it but spend the bucks on the *right* tool.

Also, to a certain extent, I was intentionally going heavy on the heel and the toe because I knew from bevel setting that the razor has a very slight warp.

This is really one of those areas of 'enough knowledge to make worse mistakes', because I only now realize I wasn't varying the pressure to just the side that needed it. The uneveness only shows up on the front face of the blade, and I was applying the heel and toe pressure on both.

I deeply appreciate the time you took to watch the video and critique my method! Hooray for making mistakes in public where other people can learn from them!