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Well X, I took your advice...kinda...in that I did about 25 passes along the entire blade edge on the 1K then went through a major pyramid (my term for doing an aggressive pyramid that runs directly...

Wow...good info guys thanks for sharing that. It'll come in handy having had this discussed here. I'm still having some trouble with this blade I'm working on though, even after working the toe half...

How long have I been at what exactly? Sharp stuff...something around 18 years. Straight razors...something like 2 years. Honing straight razors...about 6 weeks (not counting all the time I spent...

Actually that is kinda funny :) Nice to meet you Mark, I'm Charles. Believe it or not, I've gotten pretty good at honing GOOD blades, it's these troublesome ones that I'm still having trouble with....

Upon a little closer inspection I don't think the razor is warped per se...I THINK I'm actually seeing a second bevel to the edge where it's not sharp. Think bevel that runs the entire length of the...

Show me your spot and I'll be laughing...right now I'm wishing I had hairier arms :p

Ok...so I've been hearing a lot about this mysterious rolling stroke, but even despite my searching I've still got no freaking CLUE what in the hell it is. Here's what I'm working with...

That...

I used mine to remove the nick and it actually wasn't too hard to do. I actually felt like I had spent more time than should have been prudent without getting it out. The blade was good and attached...

First off lemme do this :y

I got that old Henckel hunk of crap I bought popping hairs like a champ with only a little bit of time on the 1K (for that nick), one pass through the aggressive...

I know this could TECHNICALLY go in the restoration sub forum but since the topic I'm asking about is specifically about honing without regards to scales or any other aspect of razor care/restoration...