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Spacetoast,

It's funny how we're all so different: My arm hair is blond and so fine that I've never been able to do the "arm hair test."

Your best bet is probably to get a honemeister razor and...

I shaved this morning with one of my newly honed razors, a 5/8 roundpoint Solingen Razor Co. model that is fast becoming my go-to blade.

It was a thing of beauty. I felt like I was just wiping...

WOOHOOO! In about an hour I was able to get four razors to pass the HHT off the 8K side of the Norton. My jury-rigged diamond balsa strop and the 1 and .5 micron pastes have my razors sharper than...

Alan,

I tried your suggestion about partially closing the razor, and son of a gun, it works. It was a lot easier to keep the razor flat on the stone.

I've been experimenting with different...

James,

When I was starting out I tried this approach, but I can't make it work with my X-patterns. Since all of my razors are vintage, I'm finding an X-pattern gives me a more even edge. Some of...

Alan,

I hadn't thought about the position of the scales before, but I see what you mean about affecting the balance.

Which way should I try to pivot the scales: toward the edge (like I am...

OK, I spent a little quality time with my Norton and a 5/8 Keen Kutter, and I think I'm making some progress.

I was able to get the blade to pass the HHT quite nicely off the 4K side of the...

I think I might need to work on my technique with the 4K side right now. I have gotten a razor to pass the HHT of the 4K side once, but only on part of the edge.

The biggest challenge for me, I...

I'm wondering how sharp everyone is able to get their blades right off the Norton 8000.

I've been at this honing thing about three and a half months, and I'm still not quite at the point where I...