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Btw. As per your question. The razor i honed is not hallow ground. It looks like a near wedge or a quarter hallow. Very heavy.... i have a full hallow ground and i think i like the heavier blade...

i used them 2 times. but to be fair.. they were not film.. they were lapping paper. I think more appropriate for wood than steel. I am getting 3 M film in the next week or so. i will let you know how...

i did stop on leather as well/ at leat 50 times each side. this is exactly what I did when I honed th same razor using the lapping film for the first time and got great results. I suspect the lapping...

So here is the story.

I recently bought a beautiful Fredrick Reynolds razor (circa 1850-60) with nice blond horn scales.

The razor was somewhat sharp but scratched like hell. So I honed it with...