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

Originally Posted by gssixgun

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 ???

The brand of stone I am using is KASUMI. Actually I'm not sure about what to do. If all of you experienced honers say that I am sure to mess it up even further, there might be something to it. Still I do absolutely not think that another sharp razor will help me set the bevel on the one that I have now, which is the problem I am facing for now. Thus for now I am trying to figure out what i should do.

Originally Posted by tekbow

Also, I should have mentioned earlier but why were you trying to set the bevel? you already had one, a factory sharp razor just needs refinement. You may not have even needed to go as low as a 3k to begin with.

That was what I got out of different videos on the internet before I discovered this website. If only I could go back in time...

And I am still confused, 'cause some advice me to buy a 1k, whereas other advice me to stop trying, and focusing on the fine grits and stropping with another razor (or with this one honed by an experienced honer)

Originally Posted by bemil

And I am still confused, 'cause some advice me to buy a 1k, whereas other advice me to stop trying, and focusing on the fine grits and stropping with another razor (or with this one honed by an experienced honer)

The point here is that the best thing to do, based on several peoples experience, is to either a) Get the razor you already got honed to a true shave ready state or b) Get a second truly shave ready razor. Either which you choose you will be sure to have a razor that will work as a benchmark when you practice honing, and you will get to know how a "real" straight should be like.
This way you can focus on stropping and "light honing" i.e. keeping the edge shave ready on a high grit stone.

If you on the other hand is determined to keep trying to hone it yourself (and I don't say you won't get it to shave eventually, but there is a risk of ruin the blade), a 1K stone is to reccomend to ease up the bevel setting process.

Anyway you choose, as long as you are going to hone a razor, whether it be just maintaining the edge or a full progression, lapping the hones and making sure they are completely flat is of great importance, if they're not you will get bad results.