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If I'm not getting the arm hairs to come off easily, should I go back to the 1200 DMT to reset the bevel? About how many strokes would it take?

I did put a black marker on the bevel, and it...

Wow, what a great group/place this is. Thanks for all the comments. I tried Utopian's approach and thought I was on my way to a good edge. If anything, I rounded up on the number of laps with the...

I don't know. It is white with a plastic base. The guy I got it from said it was 6000 and there was a slip of paper that confirmed. There is also a nagura that is reddish.

Thanks, that will at least give me a range of how long I need to work the stones.

Do you think it would help to bridge the DMT/6000 gap by first doing circles and then the 75-100 laps?

I am a newbie to honing and would like to start honing some old razors. I have the following stones (collected ad hoc and very cheaply): DMT 1200, Japanese 6,000 grit, and a new Thuringian...