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All right.

Did (with tape, sorry) very light (that will be the emphasis from now on when honing :D):

-60 cirkels on 3K both sides
-about 30 x-strokes on both sides
-pyramid 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5...

Well, I'm not into HAD yet, so for now, my set exists of
1 Wüsthof 3K/8K
1 Coticule

I'm putting on tape after the first round of honing, as the spine has quite some wear, and I want to prevent...

Hey thanks for your info, the more the better I spose :)
well, I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with the temper, as last time it had a good edge, it kept the edge. I just messed it up...

Must be an optical illusion, just took another good look at it, and it's smiling nor frowning.
Never looked that much at this razor before I must admit. Maybe it's doing all this just to get my...

Hi there, thanks for your time!
I check with a 10X loupe. First time I honed the razor, it was clearly overhoned, and at 10x I could easily see little bent parts, that sheared so to speak, so idd...

OK, this is what I did (everything extremely light!!!):
-taped
-applied marker to see what I was touching
-20 backstrokes on 3K side
-20 more after check with loupe
-re-applied marker
-40...

Alright,
a good afternoon sleep can do so good. Now, as I didn't get to see the edge under a microscope, I asked the misses to bring me a loupe (x10) from work, and she did. So I looked at my...

The discolouration is purely a light effect on the picture. I know discolouration of stainless steel starts only above (approximately) 400°C (worked at my sisters' for a while, she sells and installs...

I lapped my coti just like I lapped the Wüsthof, just before I buyed the latter. To test them against each other never crossed my mind though.



My plan exactly. I've read enough over here that...

Ah, my idea was, as I dulled the blade quite a bit during experimentations with the coti, to set a new bevel. Which could be done with the 3K side, if I interpreted things correctly



Ah,...

Thanks for the tip!
I'll take the razor to work on Monday, we have lot's of microscopes there, will take a few pics at X40 over noon. Not taking it for gospel (not much of a catholic...) but it's...

Hi there, thanks for reading through my story, and even more thanks if you can help me out :)

I'm touching up my razors with a coticule + hanging strop with red paste for a few years now, like I...