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Thanks for the clarification Marshal.

Shaved last night. Stropped linen/leather again and it was wonderful: no pulling at all. I tend to only do WTG - I get to shave more often that way :D - and...

Nope, no stereomicroscope. Right now I'm using the good old Mk I eyeball. :D

Oops. :/

I guess what is done is done. I used soap, water, and the green side of a sponge. Like I said, no sheen now.

After going back to the 8k this evening then to linen/leather the razor is...

Yesterday I set about with my wet & dry and did as you instructed; do I just assume the hone is now flat, or is there a way to measure / tell? I mean the second time the grid basically came off in an...

Is that because you can see the striations on the blade? Are you thinking higher or lower grit than the 8k Norton?





RE the razor...I honestly would prefer to set it aside and focus on...

Thanks for the link RezDog. I'll take a look in a few.

I have somewhere around 12 razors; would you suggest I move on to a different razor to learn honing rather than fiddle with reshaping the...

Well, I have this crappy "3k" but I don't know if I really trust it. I'd prefer to use the Norton. :D

How many passes would be reasonable before the bevel will be set? 200? 100?

I don't have a DMT but I have seen DMTs at hardware stores: would cheap ones like this work?

3 Piece 2'' x 6'' Diamond Hone Blocks

I do have lower grit stones as well; not high quality, mind...

Got my 4/8 hone yesterday! I caressed it but haven't used it for much yet. Waiting on your suggestions here!

Here are some pics of my razor: a Worcester Razor Co that has been ground down...

@Euclid440: Just finished reading that link.

I'll take a look at my razor's bevel this evening and report back. I'll also grab some pics of it. I don't have a way to give great zoomed in detail...

When I first started shaving I tried to put the blade literally horizontal to the ground. Needless to say it hurt. :tameshigiri:

Now I tend to keep the blade almost vertical to the ground,...

Shaved last night. As you suggested I had my Apart right next to me, lathered up, and started shaving. I started on my left sideburn and the razor was pulling as before.

I stopped about 1/3 of the...

Shaved again last night.

All of my strokes have been strictly x-strokes: no circular honing whatsoever.

I recently started trying circular honing with my knives to great effect; I'll do that...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll cut that in half and see where it takes me? (do 25?)

600 strokes?????? Holy cow!




Good to know I'm not off base. I'm super excited to see the new stone for...

Another update from over the weekend:

Did 50 more passes on the Apart then 40 passes on leather strop .

The shave continued to improve.

I will do 50 more tonight. That brings me up to...

Sorry for the radio silence guys. I thought I was signed up for email notifications. Guess not. :/

No I haven't lapped the 1k - perhaps I need to do that.

I definitely haven't lapped the...

I'm not sure. It's a cheap (Chinese?) hone I picked up used from a flea market. I was told it's a 3000 and it's definitely smooth but maybe not?

I bought and worked on this razor many months ago...

The 1k shave, eh?

I'll look that up right now. :D

You say that "the difference between enough and too much is quite short."

Do you mean that there is little margin for error between 'honed'...

Howdy guys! I've been creepily lurking in the shadows reading your every word and hungrily digesting everything you all say on here...(if you're creeped out at this point you should be. :D)

But...