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Cheers - that's all very clear and helpful. The only bit I'm still a bit vague on is joining the edge. Is there a video of someone doing this somewhere?

When you shaved after each stone in the progression - how exactly did you do this? Did you just shave a tiny bit after each stone?

Ok - in my beginning days, I had just done it that way, not worrying about the profile of the bevel as such. I had been lead to believe, since then, it was better to have an even bevel. The thin...

Yes, heaps. Yeah I'll try setting another one on 1k at some point and just shaving directly.

Yeah, that was my guess - I just wanted to make sure the problem wasn't at some intermediate polishing stage.

I used to do that - I'll try it again.

I think part of the x2/x3 bevel is the original one I had set before - and I was trying to get it a bit thinner/evener this time.

I had originally set it on 12micron lapping film, and somehow had...

I'll have to have another look at the bevels and make sure. Yeah, I assume I mucked it up when I retouched it. This was one of the first ones I'd honed, and I didn't have many razors back then so I...

I got a razor that I had honed (set and went through progression) a year or so ago and it worked brilliantly. A couple of months ago I did a touch up on it, and it didn't seem so good after that, not...