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08-17-2012, 05:44 PM #24
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Shaptons do seem to be abrasive (read as fast).
Use a light touch and half the strokes to start.
Adjust more or less as you learn the hone.
Where a Chinese 12?K natural might take 100 strokes
a Shapton might be done at five or six. Also
there is little concern for hardness. Hard or soft
steel the Shapton seems to do well with both. At least
my hard New York state razors hone as quick and easy
as old English steel.
This is possibly a place where a balsa or other "tight" pasted
strop can add that last final polish to eliminate harshness.