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You know, I probably should make the magic marker test a regular part of my honing routine. Right now I only use it when I can't figure out why part of the blade won't get sharp, and even then it's...

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Touche--could be either. I suspect that at some point I did some circular honing on one side with too much pressure and then neglected to repeat it on the other side to keep things even.
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I have this razor that I just can't get sharp--a 6/8 that I'm hoping to post in the FS forum pretty soon. I spent about two hours on it the other night, going up and down the grit scale from 1K to 8K...