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Mine is now shavable, but it's not the most comfortable shave. I think I'll just hang on to it and and as my honing technique gets better, I'll return to it and see if I can get the edge in better...

If Lynn has trouble with TI Evides, then it's probably going to be much more difficult for a beginner like me to deal with them. Is there a consensus on this? Are TI Evides more difficult to...

Well, I got it sharp again. Kind of. I've honed this thing to sharpness about 4 times now, and every time I get to the same level of sharpness. It passes the HHT just barely off the hones. At...

It looks like it does, and if I'm dulling up an 8k shine on the 4k, it appears to be uniform.



I'll try it and let you know what happens.

Thanks!
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Well, I've tried everything at least twice. I simply can't get this one to hone well. I thought it might be the fact that it's a full-hollow. In an effort to convince myself that it's not my...

I think that was part of the problem, my 8K wasn't flat enough. My first test of hone trueness was placing it on a glass plate, when wet, and seeing that the whole stone 'stuck' to the glass. This...

Still working on it. It is (was) a new TI Evide 6/8, carbon steel. It didn't shave when I got it. I can tell from looking under a 10x that when I go to the 4K Norton, that the whole blade edge...

Good advice guys. I'll give it a shot!
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I'm afraid to do any honing, where I move the blade off the stone. I use a heel leading stroke down the length of the hone. How else can I deal with the 'smile'?

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I was never satisfied with the edge I've been putting on my full-hollow TI. It is a little less comfortable than my half-hollow TI and Dovo. I tried again last night to put a better edge on it, and...