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Today I spent some quality time with my TI and coticule. I started with very light slurry and then only on water. It started to show polishing, except on one side near the point. That looks almost...

After three sessions on the coticule I made some improvement on the edge. Still not quite shaveable, though. Cuts arm hair, feels little bit sticky to thumb pad, cuts into thumbnail and does not...

I forgot to post the above mentioned test I did to see the DT slurry/no slurry and Green paste effect on the scratch pattern. Minus the metal polish. Anyhow, here are the pictures for the interested....

I am very tempted to chuck the welsh slate and never touch it again. Since I was trying to use it like a coticule it only made sense to buy a coticule. Now I am learning that and the results are very...

Thanks again for helpful advice. I had another honing session today, I continued to work on the 1k stria from last time. The welsh slate is said to be 8k-10k and I believe it. I did 100 half strokes...

I spent some quality time with my hone and microscope yesterday, systematically seeing the progress as in the attached photos. Each image is 1.1mm by 0.73mm. In the end I imitated the images Euclid...

Do you mean 325 grit sand paper or a specific lapping plate such as DIA-Flat Lapping Plate | The Perfect Edge ?

Every day is a school day. Thanks for the news bomb :)

No tape.

No lapping and I didn't bevel the edges. Sounds like something I should do but of course I don't possess the tools for that.

I bought my Welsh slate second hand and it was lapped by...

Thanks for the encouraging words!

I am also not sure if diluting the 1k slurry had the effect I intended but I got the job done. Next time I will give the edge more time on the Welsh slate slurry...

So... I have had the King 1k in my possession for a month now. Today I tried again to hone and made progress. It was my 8th attempt.

I made some slurry on the 1k, did circular motions first on...

I didn't want to invest in more stones, nevertheless there's a King 1k coming my way now from Japan. How did this happen??

Everyone, thank you so much for the encouraging words and honest, factual advice.

I did use the marker to paint the edge black and had five strokes on each side with slurry to see that I actually...

JOB15, Maladroit and RusenBG

Good advice as well. I will for sure use the marker, 50x magnification as I don't have jewellers loupe and loooots of patience with light pressure and many laps.

I...

With drmatt method I am referring to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXHsETAasqc video. Basically, no slurry, light pressure and running water.

To avoid the lighting variations, the only...

If you look at the photo after second hone attempt (light pressure, no slurry, just water), I think I did the right thing and fixed the edge, it looked similar to this all along the edge on both...

That's what I thought too, all it needs is a refresh. Well, too late for that now. I understood that all natural stones can be used for one stone hone, heavier slurry equals lower "grit" number....

I recognise the increased difficulty but that's fine. I don't mind starting from the most difficult thing first. Afterwards everything else feels easy, right :)

What makes TIs tricky? Is it the...

Little background. I purchased my first ever straight razor, a brand new 4/8 Thiers Issard, honed shave ready and I managed to shave with it perhaps 10 times before the edge degraded. Most probably...