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In the end had to go to the 8k to clean up the bevel only for 2 min. Then spent 6 min on the 12 k and 5min on 1 micron and .3 micron lapping paper. Followed by light stropping for 5 min. The edge is...

Lol, sorry on holiday till the 16th of sept in britain. Full report before the 20th, i promise. Did try a touch up with lapping film only and not enough. ( in the gap i have brought a second hand...

Sorry i didnt state clearly, i was reffering to the general world of straight razors and honing....that being technical due to the multitude of differnt forms of doing things.
As to your comment of...

Dont you just love how technical all this is!!!!!:beer1:

i see it clearly in your photo, i dont have a loupe that powerful, but i wouldnt be suprised if mine is similar

This is exactly my problem and the best point, the edge under a loupe looks perfect, thick line on the front thin line on the back, both perfectly straight (jap sides!!,) cant understand why it isnt...

The bevel is so straight and level, but its not sharp by my standards......if the 12k will do the job, i will try that first, thanks oni

My current thoughts are to hone on the 8 k till hair popping time, repolish with the 12k and then finish on 1 and .3 3m micron film. From the 12 k up all with stropping strokes no back and forth...

Lol, no im waiting for the shapton 12k to arrive in the post,,,,,,,anticipation is killing me

Last two post confirmed my thoughts,nthe secret has to be taking the min amount of steel off something made so well. That is obvious

Without experience be gentle and conservative
and things should work out.

I was thinking along those lines, im going to start with 12k, see if it has any effect at all, that should give me a...

Just like thank every body for their 2cents, always welcome advice,,,, im going swimming !!!!

Im not that new to cut throats, but this is my first purchase of this calidad, i have a good idea where it should be, (the edge) just have a doubt as to the ability of my stones( 12/16k max) and...

In the end looks like i have to jump in to the water with my current set up as im not going to fork out the fortune in jap stones!!!!!

The bevel looks completly symetrical but its not sharp by my standards which im sure are not that high

Dfried, was your kamisori new??? If so, how long did it take and what grades did you use

Thanks, have watched all the vids but seem to be more for a edge that has totally gone, this one's new new new. My experience has always been buy ebay special hone, get it wrong, hone get it wrong ,...

Ok just recieved a new iwasaki kamisori, its perfect but not shave ready. I dont want to destroy something so beautiful, before i even shave with it!!!!
So my question is, how do i hone it in the...