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No, I get you on that. I'm just explaining how I use it and why. As is often said, the shave test is the only definitive test. But along the way I'm watching these little signs and having...

It was a DMT 1200.

Coffee is good. So drink a lot of coffee. I had the bevel set. That wasn't an issue. It was shaving at the skins surface. I use the standing arm hair thing not as a true test but it gives me a...

I started to think this way as well. And your tip is valid. But I think I have been making that excuse too often as of late. The results I'm getting from this seem to be 50-50 at best. I can't think...

Yep, the hone is in good shape having picked it up second hand from one of our resident expert honemeisters here. He had it lapped prior to sending it to me and I always clean it off with a little...

I see where you're leading me and its a great suggestion. Glen had me walk this path once before when I was struggling with the lower grits. I set the bevel, shave test. 4k, shave test. 8k, shave...

Ok, I'm plenty frustrated as of late. When I first started out I didn't do a good job setting a bevel. Later I didn't do well figuring out when to move from 4k to 8k. Now I can't seem to figure out a...