Thread: 4 hours on 3k, and still not enough

When you say 3/8 we are assuming that this is a naniwa hone ????

I am also assuming that from your posts that no matter what anyone says you are going full steam ahead with the honing ???

So that being said,

Put a piece of plastic electrical tape on the spine, most of us use 3m but whatever is available, then make a slurry on the 3k use your lapping stone...


Now starting at one end of the hone using a fair bit of pressure start doing circles and go to the other end of the hone, stop, flip the razor and do the circles back should be 20-40 circles on each side, do this until one of these things happens

a.The razor feels sharp and can either cut arm hair, or pass a TNT
b. The tape wears out and you have to change it, then continue on with this until a. or c.
c. You realize that you really have no idea what you are doing and you send it to one of the guys over in Norway or I remember who it is in Denmark that hones

Google "gssixgun, honing, straight razor" if you have no idea what any of these terms mean, and watch the Norton 4k/8 vids and use one of them to learn what I am talking about and get a good idea of pressure and what is meant by directed pressure...

You will either succeed in honing the razor or wrecking it... but good luck either way