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Started shaving with the razor this morning. The WTG pass felt pretty good, what folks call "close and comfortable" .
As I started the XTG pass the edge was a tad tugging, that was to be expected...

I use the Atoma for lapping and very rarely for for repair work. With GDs before the bevel is set one has to do repair work first and the Atoma saves tons of time. For other razors that need heavy...

Yes the pic is off the Atoma 400.

Following the description of the process Memorael posted.
I got a GD and did 30 laps on Atoma 400 .
After the Atoma I used thick slurry on coticule with dilution to water
Finally I did finish on...

Just for the fun of it I'll do Mamorael's progression. I'll use Atoma 400 as it is a lot faster than the 320 DMT I have (very worn out).
I'll post how it compares to the other progression I have...

Just used 1k Chosera, Ohira Suita, Nakayama on 4 razors with great results .

The speed of honing will depend on the hones used.
1k Chosera, 5k/8k Shapton Pro, 10k Super stone, 20k Suehiro is...

I have to say that it depends on the stone, I had a Yaginoshima Asagi, that was extremely hard and a definite finisher. The curious part was it was very dark gray (the darkest I have seen) and had a...

I just played with 1k Chosera, Yaginoshima Namito, Nakayama Kiita with its own slurry. Worked pretty fast at a 3 razor session.