The razor that just won't get sharp or operator that isn't that sharp
Hi gents,
Okay so given I don't know jack about sharpening but c'mon. So I'm trying to sharpen a vintage Reliance 'Germany' Birck & Zamminer New York 5/8 Full Hollow. It was in decent shape to I started off on the 4K Norton. Did tons of circles then 50 laps easy pressure. Wouldn't even cut my arm hairs. Well I saw 1 or 2 that got cut but it was pretty sad. I saw gssixgun cutting his arm hairs off a King 1k so I'm confused and thought that after all the work I did on the 4k the razor should have no prob cutting my arm hairs off. After an hour messing with the Norton 4k and imo 'no results' I gave up.
Should I have gone to my Norton 8k even though I couldn't cut arm hairs off the 4k? Am I correct I thinking that the 'arm hair cut test' is a good indicator?
I guess I was trying to 'set a bevel' on the 4k but figured it should be fine had lots of slurry and did lots of circles and passes and started with a decent edge in the beginning.
Should I really have started on a 1k then gone to the 4k?
Is the razor just crap lol?