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Dear Lynn-Thank you for the quick and detailed response. Am really glad that this forum is here, as I discovered again today how much of a newbie I am. Although I have had quick results on knives and...

Dear Daniel-Spoke with a forum member who instructed me to lap the heck out of my 1K to get rid of the excessive graininess, as it wasn't cutting at all. Did so with 320 grit sandpaper on a Formica...

Great! Will give it a shot:)-Gearhead-UPDATE-Tried , but nobody near Austin, Texas in the list:(

Dear Ricky and Carmalo-FWIW, I have viewed some of Gssixguns and Lynss videos until my eyes bled-took note also! Have read parts of the SRP wiki and also have talked to Start Shaving Supplies, Max,...

Dear Charles-Thanx for a great explanation! Will definitely take advantage of that light source, although a bright desk lamp tells me that the edge is not excessively dull-just not as sharp as I...

Dear cudarunner-Won't be getting off of work until 2300, and really want to lap flat my Norton 8K, so no pics tonight:( Nun2sharp, been using the TNT for just the 1K, as I was told that it dulls the...

Will see if I can take some pics and post. Does 1-3 layers of tape change the angle of the bevel enough that it can shorten honing time? Are you , in essence, starting from square one again with...

Dear Glen-As you mentioned, the razor DOES have a good edge-just not as sharp as i would like. It takes more than one pass to cleanly take arm hair off down to the skin. It will shave my face, but...

Dear Fellow Members-Got nowhere last night, as I had to replane the 8K of the Norton. Will be working on her again tonight. The razor is a very nice older German razor, with about a 2mm blade face on...

Will do!:)-FWIW guys, I have a notebook with MUCH of the forum information cut, pasted and printed. I have watched several videos and corresponded and spoke with several honemeisters. I will learn...

Again, many thanx guys! I have a 30X illuminated jewelers loupe, but don't know what to look for other than smiles, frowns, wire edges and flat spots! Yes, I was using the same piece of tape-did not...

Thanx again guys. Gssixgun, I realize that it's a touchy subject, but is electrical tape really required if the spine is significantly flattened? Seems to be such a volitile subject. Will try again...

Dear Gssixgun and Birnando-Thanx again! Although I don't understand about "tearing the belly" out of the blade, I DO understand about not flexing the blade and keeping the entire edge in contact...

Understood-thanx!:) BTW, I think that I just recognized your face, Birnando. Don't you have some You Tube straight razor videos? Very educational!:)

Don't know what AHT means, but the second time around after 1K the blade was grabbing on the thumbnail. What's really wierd is that moving up to higher grades seems to dull the edge! Wierd!

Thanx again guys! Tried 100 or so strokes with the Imperial Razor "The Improved Eagle Razor" with tape on the spline on 220 grit and then tried around 80 strokes on the 1000 grit. before going to 40...

Thanx Glen! So do I still apply relatively the same pressure at 1K that I would at 4K/8K? I DO know that one applies no more pressure to the strop as one applies to the face while shaving. This is...

Thanx guys! As inferred by a senior member in the post "not getting anywhere", I do not want to risk removing too much metal at the 1K level, but perhaps I will have to stay at that grade until I can...

Trying to hone a razor and having no luck at the 4K/8K level, I went back to the 1K on my Norton stone set and tried circular forward motions both forward and backward to get a bevel. Did not want to...