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Okay, so I shaved with that TI razor today. The shave was okay (but nothing more than just okay). The razor does pass the hanging hair test and the thumb nail test quite easily but I still wonder...

So I followed mparker's advice...

I lapped my norton hones and the kitayama. Then, I honed the TI razor using Lynn's progression for harder types of steel (i.e., 3-3, 1-5, 1-7 on the 4K/8K,...

Great! I will do just that. I probably won't get around to it until tomorrow. However, as soon as I get the chance, I'll write about the results.

Btw mparker, thanks for the prompt help!

Actually no, I didn't. I thought they would come from the factory with level surfaces. Would this make a big difference?

Hi Guys,

For the past 2 months, I have been using a 5/8 TI (the basic tortoise shell model) that I bought at classicshaving. I had bought some sharpening pastes (1 micron and .5 micron) and a...