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Good news: It gave me pretty close shave last night! :y The blade has the typical feel and sound of Sheffield wedges.
Bad news: It is not keen enough, yet; not on par with my better razors. And I scratched it a bit during the sharpening process. :cen
I set the bevel with 800 King Samurai hone and two layers of electrician's tape on the spine. The tape is a source of grief for me - as it wears out, it is hard to maintain the flatness of bevels. :rant: When I'd removed enough metal, I added one more layer to form the second bevel, did a few laps on the 800 hone and then moved on to Conk's Arkansas stone and then to 8k Shapton. Double bevel seems to be good for this near-wedge with so much material removed from the toe. :w
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_S6Qq2M8hM4g/SY...0668_large.png
PS: Perhaps this thread should be moved to the Workshop forum?
PS2: Attached pictures look like crap here, much worse than linking them from some external site.
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Here is a picture of the edge w/ double bevel taken with my super cheap macro setup (DSLR, lens reversing adapter ($8), manual ancient 2.8/29 lens ($20))
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_S6Qq2M8hM4g/SY...0675_small.png
Here is a link to a larger size: Picasa Web Albums - Petr - Razors