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Yea, naturals arent known for uniformity so it's a little hit and miss. I informed AJ they were for razor honing and requested he select some that are at the finer end of their range if possible....

That's about what I'm hoping for. I'd rather the DT be closer to 8, and the LM 10 or so, but it sounds like I'll be happy with them when they come in.

Thanks! I had that moment when Utopian pointed out that I should be getting shave-able edges off the 8k. I've read that before, but not one time until Saturday did I successfully achieve that. And I...

Well, I'm a small step ahead of you there. I ruled out stropping by shaving a patch right off the hone, then stropping and shaving another patch. Safe to say the edge improved rather than degrading....

Ain't that the truth lol. I think HAD is in full swing. I've got a few Welsh slates incoming, and when I re-honed my razors using the lessons from this thread I stopped my Morley at the 4k level so...

This quote from this thread got the gears in my mind turning. Both my barber hones had scratches on the face when they first arrived. This lead to a lot of lapping, sanding, and polishing. What I'm...

Problem sorted out. Got bored today and couldn't resist so I lapped and smoothed out the 4k side of my Norton. Once that was done, I took the razor and did a few light passes on the 4k to knock away...

I lost count on the 8k. Wanted to be absolutely certain I wasn't moving on too soon. I'd wager I had done 50 laps before my first test shave. I've tried doing fewer, but for some odd reason it...

That was the plan. Once I got it there I couldn't resist the temptation to go further. Well, no harm done. The bevel is still good, no shiny spots. I'll just back it down to the 4k and do a few light...

Couldn't leave well enough alone, so I messed with it tonight. Went back to 1k and made sure the bevel was set heel to toe. When you look straight down at it the edge pretty much disappears under...

I think Utopian (and the others that have mentioned it) are onto something when they say get it shave ready at 8k before carrying forward. When I run it through again I'll stop at 8k and make sure it...

I've read that article before, and I still don't want to blame the hone. I'm still too new to razor honing for it to be anything but me. More likely that I'm miss using the Swaty, or moving up in...

Perhaps instead of referring to it as dulling or killing the edge, I should've called it flattening and preparing the edge for a new bevel set due to micro-chipping. Quickly working out small chips...

In this case I dulled the edge because there were microchips in it that I initially blamed for the harshness of the edge. Didn't count strokes on the Swaty, but I know it was more than 10. It also...

I'm pretty confident the edges are meeting and the bevel is set properly. I spent a lot of time on the 1k before moving on because I wanted to be sure it was right.

I've been tinkering with my Germany Cutlery Works razor. It had a harsh edge and kinda didn't want to cut hair so I dulled the edge on the 1k, brought the bevel back, then ran it through the 4k, 8k,...