Well no I did set the bevel. Here's the progression,First I set the bevel on a Shapton 2k. When I was happy with that I did the standard pyramid starting with 20 laps on Shapton Pro 5k and 8k. Next I gave the razor 50 laps on an Apex Water hone(blue thuringian)and was going to shave with it,as the razor easily passed the HHT. I thought about it though and decided that testing deserved the best chance of sucess and gave it 35 laps on the Shapton 16k and then 20 laps on a chrome oxide bench strop. The razor took a wicked sharp edge and the shave was smooth with no iritation at all. It surpised me and I think I just may have a nice razor here. Now to see how many shaves like this the edge will give,but so far I'm impressed.