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A while back, I took a Puma that had a very good edge on it and decided to do a few laps with just water on my Iwasaki stone. These stones are definitely NOT like my Escher, because the edge was much...

Good one ;)

More honing tomorrow...

Thanks for the tips, Jim. I think for now I'll stick to the Kiita you sent me and use a piece of it to raise slurry, since you've tested it with slurry and know that it gives a good edge.

I was...

I felt the edge on this razor again and decided to give it a test shave, because it actually felt comparable to some of my other razors that were shaving ok. The shave went fairly well without any...

So I tried some of the things people had mentioned.

I raised a light slurry on my Iwasaki choice stone and tried to hone a razor that used to shave (but not very well) but stopped shaving after I...

Thanks for the tips, everyone. I'll try starting off with a lighter slurry and testing the razor out earlier in the process. I'll probably do that today, so I'll update the thread after that.

So I've asked JimR way too many times about this and he has been kind enough to respond with useful info every time, but I think it's finally time to stop bugging the guy as much.

I'm having very...