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Gosh I seem to have struck a nerve with a couple of you. Didn't mean to do that, wasn't trying to be controversial.

I have about 10 razors that were professionally honed. Some were new, some NOS,...

Actually you can shave off a deer antler if you hone it right.

You first get a brick and some 2% milk…wait…

Think of it this way. If you can get a decent shave off the 3K stone, you've really done the job of setting the bevel and sharpening the edge quite well. There was a long thread elsewhere dealing...

This is utterly hysterical! I wonder if the brick+milk method would make honing stainless steel any faster...or easier...or maybe both...

This really dramatized to me what you guys always say--the main work is on the 1K and 3/4/5K stones. So I decided I wouldn't leave the 1K (actually a DMT 1200) until I liked how the razor shaved leg...

I know there is a thread here somewhere on what the lowest grit hone various folks have shaved off of.

I have just finished my first razor honed for someone else--one of my students who is about...