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I believed in you. Proof that pyramids work as well as the library.
90% of what we do is test. Good Job. Enjoy the shave. Remember this moment and savor it.

You can do it. Lap stones first. fresh tape on each new hone. You had good results up through the 4K.
Let build on that. Setting the bevel again should go quickly because you have already done it...

How are you doing the TPT?
A little more pressure.slide off the blade at a 45" angle.
Shave is most important

Absolutely go to 8K stone. No burr to worry about. No over honing this is the normal progression. Pyramid style 1K/4K/8K.
Remember to lighten your pressure a little as well . Give me fifty x...

Lightly kill the edge. 4K is NOT for bevel setting. But you have made some rather different methods work.
If you havent killed the edge yet dont. Move up to the next hone. Please

Alright go up in grit to your 8K naniwa. Give me fifty x strokes and feel the edge and tell me what the stria looks like.
I hate midterms. At least if you do well on them and have done well up to...

So going by feel only, you should be feeling a 1K edge but less rough/thick/harsh edge. Not shaveable by any means. Lets say you did it correctly.
Stop and look at the stria now.
Now move to your...

It should be shallower looking. More important "How does it feel"??
Because you said stria still remain, I will take that to indicate that you are only doing x strokes on a 4K synthetic ... Correct?

[QUOTE=Euclid440;1549530]Just lightly drag the edge across the corner of the stone, from heel to toe, 1-2 light strokes, I am right handed, so I use the upper right corner.

Jointing will remove...

Question, Can you explain this 1-2 strokes on the corner of the hone? Never heard of it before, cant imagine how to do it from words above.
Thanks in advance and sorry for this thread hijack.

Its just different. It would be like shifting from 1st gear into 5th gear and making it drive without stalling the motor. Good for you.
Down the road if you want to try the other gears,(midrange...

So if we are understanding correctly you a bevel setting with a 1K stone and then going directly to Barber Hones, is that correct?
Anything can be done with determination, and you Sir are the...

No worries, No harm no foul. wise man said when it stops being fun, its time to take a break.
Remember that wet shaving isnt speed shaving, and no part of the process is meant to be fast.
Even the...

Didnt know it was an all hands on deck situation Sir. Then I want to think before I speak.
My tip , While in the mid- range hones watch your tape wear. If you see that it is getting scratched up....