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This is literally the first time I've used anything except the 2k on a razor I think it was just a good razor and I went paranoidly slow.
I don't mean there is a rough spot I mean my 8k has a...

Pinned my first razor tonight, an antelope diamond steal full hollow. Today was also the first time I got to run through the whole set of Shaptons with a razor, and it went really well. I set the...

I keep the stone very clean rinsing it regularly until just before I switch grits then I let the swarf build up taking off the excess by running the blade all the way off the end of the...

Onimaru thanks for the info, with knives right before I move from one stone to the other I do this odd thing where I let the metal build up a little and use a much lighter stroke I've found it helps...

That much speed is not what I'm looking for. I still haven't used the pros for any razors, but for my gyuto that i use at work which is HRC 62 it takes a lot longer to hone out tiny micro chips(which...

I just hadnt read much on the Pros other than people seem to like the glass stones better for razors Lynn being one of them, i got them for my knives first and razors second. The pros took me a...

The scratch pattern is definitely finer than the 1k norton, but i didn't look for micro serration, I'll check for that next time I hone something with them.

I've never used the glass stones...

What live been honing on has been a norton 1k for bevel setting then a BBW/coti finishing on a LM.

I bought 2/5/8k shapton pro stones for my knives at work and they are really fast by comparison...