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Bevel should already be set, at 1k. But if you like honing that much, you can set it with 4k

If your talking a refreshing of a dulling edge, I typically go back to 8k to crisp up the bevel, then...

I keep the pressure the same thru out the honing process, till the final passes on the finisher.

What you need, is to torque/twist the razor, while maintaining slight downward pressure to the...

That steel looks rotten to me. That bevel should be clean and brite. I'm seeing the dark stains I've seen in other razors with crumbling edges. Like the pipe razor I mentioned.

I had a pipe razor that was doing that. After looking reeeaal close, I could see microscopic pores all over the blade, extending thru the bevel. The steel was rotten thru n thru. It'd hone up but...