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Thank you all for the advice, after reading everything you have posted i think i am getting an idea of what i am doing wrong. I am not cleaning my hones enough, wiping enough, and i need to chamfer...

Sharkbite, That is a possibility, like i said i am kinda new to honing razors. I can get an edge that shaves great just i keep scratching the blade.

Euclid, Here is the pic you asked for of the...

Ok so here is a set of picks of my double duck up close. You can see the scratch marks that are left behind after honing.

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I will try and get some picks of it up close and post them today. To answer a question asked, the scratches are going up the blade in the same direction as the stroke and no they are not wedge...

Mjsorkin, you are correct, the scratches are one the body of the razor not the bevel. The bevel looks fine and mirror when i am done and shaves like a dream but i have scratches on the body of the...

Thanks Carl, I am using a 12k Naniwa and that is not where i have the problem. Believe it or not the 1k and 4k is where most of it happens. You are correct that i am happy with the edge and that it...

So i have been restoring and working on razors for not to long and i just scored a nice set of hones! I have a norton 200/1000, 4000/8000 a 10k and a 12k, paddle strops and hanging strops. I have...