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Maybe Cubancigar with his epithet"Really" means he doesnt agree with me or something worse,so be it,cant please everybody ,i am trying to be of some assistance,the starter of this thread was doing...

One pass or two for re establishment or touching up, many for establishing on a newly acquired razor,sorry for lack of clarity in the above text

The confusion persists,i do not differentiate between touching up and reestablishing the bevel, to me they are one and the same.When i buy any razor new or second hand i establish the bevel which...

I reset every 6 shaves ideally, do all even if they are still shaving ok,they all have moved from the perfect bevel,never a problem normally unless i rush it ,simple to come back doesnt take...

Sorry have to apologise to the forum the coticule bevel reset had to be done again this time with the naniwa 8000 super stone,just wasnt there thought i was,showing off i suppose

Sorry must have been more than{less than 20 min}no time at all far less than 1 hr

A caveat,a partial expaination of my apparant unique success in setting the bevel on my razors with a 8000 NANIMAWA super stone.I always kept the surface clean removing the black marks that form...

Sorry Utopian my explanation/description of my Iwasaki was correct it hasnt been honed on the URA side.It just hi lighted the abrasive/friction
of a leather/flax strop.Viable or not i have set a...

As i see it there seems to be some confusion over sharpening and setting the bevel,to me a bevel set with a 8000 or equivalant hone is sharp by default,and to say there is a seperation between a...

i normally do it with an 8000 or lately a very old scotch rock oilstone pretty fine,dont fancy anything corser,would be quicker i suppose,unless your doing it for a living and have a hundred to do i...