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Yea, great photos of every step by PCM, make the thread. Stopping to take photos with a scope is such a hassle and a lot of work.

In this case you don’t need linen, just leather. SRD Chrome Oxide is great paste, if you paste a new strop just draw 3in X’s on it about ¼ to ½ in wide, that is plenty of paste.

The toe looks like...

More time on the 12k will get all that out and the toe could use a bit more work. Ink the toe and see if you need more pressure, if so just the weight of one finger on the opposite side will get it...

Good work. Yes an easy, nondestructive way to test an edge for micro-chips is to lightly run a Q-tip along the edge from heel to toe. Any chip will snag the cotton.

A 12k super stone will hone out...

Looks good, move up to the 12k. Use lite pressure doing X laps. The toe on the right side I believe, (photo 5) looks like it could use more attention, more laps or a finger of pressure when honing...

No don’t drop back to 1k now. The edge looks a little rough and you have some deep stria, perhaps from the pyramid.

As you move up the progression the goal, after the bevel is set, is to polish...

Looks good move up and remove the 1k stria. Start with new tape.

You can, or you can drop down to one layer and do some more laps on the 1k to re set the angle.

I would just stick to 2 layers as I recall the spine was a bit worn and you have a nice size bevel...

When you are honing with circles, it is not uncommon, especially when learning, for the pressure to alternate on the bevel and for it to be a bit uneven. That will straighten out with one directional...

Yup, you are getting close, keep doing circles and make sure your tape is good. If the tape gets squishy you can get a double bevel. Even if you do not a big deal it will flatten out.

Stay on the...

Too late, you’re in the water… swim.

So, a couple points of clarification.

Do not worry about the width or shape of the bevel, the goal is the edge. While there are gyrations you can do to adjust the bevel width or shape, it does not...

So, the 45 degree spine off the hone honing, is just to knock off the corner and save you some time on the 1k. The bevel will not be even or maybe not complete, you are free-hand honing and there is...

No, 1k.

The DMT will speed up metal removal, but the danger of causing chipping will eat up any time you save, repairing chipping at the higher end. It is just not worth the risk.

The metal...

Lots better.

Nice work on the heel. All of this is repair and must be done before you hone.

Now honing, will still not be a regular honing, so take your time, it is repair honing and you will...

It looked to me like it had a couple dips in the edge. Ink the edge, lightly bread knife it on the face of any stone just 1 or 2 strokes and look at the edge. Where ink remains on the edge are the...

Just use a simple, heel forward X stoke, keep the heel on the stone until half way across the length then slide the heel off the edge as the toe comes forward in an X to the opposite corner, then...

The heel looks better but still has a bit of a square edge to it and does not match the radius of the rest of the heel, mark a radius with a coin and a sharpie and follow that line. If you don’t...

So there is no reason to believe it will not take an edge, and should shave just fine, again some photos of the whole razor may give up some more information.

Either bevel the edges at a 45...

Did you lap you stone flat and bevel or round the edges. The scratch pattern does not look like a 1k pattern.

You may want to re-lap it.

The heel has developed a corner and will turn into a...

Do the bevels meet? You move up when the bevels meet, are flat from heel to toe and you have an even stria pattern. Get the stria all going in one direction.

What are you honing on? The stria...