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Tried the 10 light strokes a couple days ago, and the Henckels seemed to be worse. Wondered if I overhoned. Anyway, tonight did 10 more R/Ts on the Lithide and it is finally there! I think I...

Several more 1/5s on the Heckels at this point. It is shaving OK, but not great. I am afraid of overhoning at this point; as I overhoned the Dbl Duck. Of course once that happened, I backhoned the DD...

Did a couple more rounds on the Henkels and it's ALMOST there. Finished up w/ my Double Duck which IS there. I made a mistake on the DD awhile back, tried to tweak it even more and overhoned! Back...

Nope. Just plain old carbon steel. It really surprises me that this one should be so much harder than my other two that I've been working on. Using the Imperial from Lynn as my benchmark I've got my...

Did a 1/5, a 2/5 and another 1/5 this morning. Then stropped on newspaper, as I saw that hint somewhere on the forum; then stropped on my hanging strop. The Henckels is finally getting real close to...

I only own two barber hones, a medium and a fine from Tilly. After the honing, I strop and shave. I've got 2 up to shave ready; I'm hoping that after today after doing a one - five, & stropping it...

Oh yes. I stropped after every pyramid. 40 - 50 round trips.

About three 11 step pyramids later. The first of them seemed to make the Henckels duller. Now it's getting close again. Just used it this evening and didn't need the backup. No real soreness or...

Thanks for the encouragement, X! Will try the whole 11 steps again, slowly, with light to nearly no pressure and see if that does it! My Double Duck Dwarf is really close now & I want to get the...

Well, just used the Henckels. I shouldn't have skipped step 5! It's ALMOST there, but not quite. Though I brought my 1/2 Heljestrand into the bathroom for cleanup, I didn't need to use it. Did the...

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. Went through the pyramid w/ the Henckels again last night, omitting step 5. Better on the thumb test, but I won't shave w/ it till this evening in prep for...

Update on the Henckels. Still not there yet. I don't think it's overhoned. It shaves, but pulls & doesn't get as close as my other three. I think I'll try another pyramid on it, but leave out radical...

Thanks for posting the old link. I was kind of/sort of doing a pyramid with my two barber hones from Tilly. A medium Wester Bros. and a fine Lithide, both used dry. I just wasn't quite getting there....