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It's very difficult to find any info about the Packwood razors maker. I vainly spent much time to find some info.
More importantly, Henry L. Lummus, in his article wrote:
"Date 1828. Maker, unknown, Sheffield. Trademark "Packwood".

I remember when I was learning to hone; I thought I needed a microscope to know what I was doing. I had no reliable tests to tell where I was at in the honing process, and I believed the microscope would open the door to honing nirvana.
It didn't.
I remember being totally baffled, confused, and disappointed by what I saw.
I had no frame of reference at that time.
My bevels looked good to me. I could not understand why I couldn't get my razors to shave.
I wish I ...

No blogs on the site yet, so here is one. This is just ripped off from one of my posts.

There are none. Every sharpness test out there, including the shave test, requires previous experience to create a baseline.

When It comes down to it, as a beginner you just need to buy a shave ready razor from a reputable honeristah and hope for the best.

Now for some info not in my original thread!
The HHT is one of the most ...

And I can haz blog!

You have to love those suprise mail packages. Dad finally cleaned up the garage and sent me a few things he found laying on shelves. An 8/8 'Slick' hollow ground with gold wash, 5/8 Wostenholm with heavely etched blade with no rust at all in the original coffen box (price $2.00 which we could still get them for 2 bucks), 5/8 Friodur no stain, 5/8 Morley clover, 4/8 Portsmouth B.S co, Portsmouth Oh, and a 6/8 no name 'messerschmidt' razor. Ow, and the Blog works....