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Nice! It's true, spending too much time making razors has skewed my thinking towards 'permanent' honing solutions. Had to resist the urge to reset the bevel on a near-wedge someone brought in today....

Gosh, I'm a little embarrassed I didn't think to mention tape first! Agreed, in the OP's case tape would be a more reasonable course of action. It's definitley less of a committment and takes less...

Sounds like you're on the right track, Grenage. Honestly, if the razor shaves fine after a few passes on the 8k then it's probably the razor and not you. I can only echo what others have said...