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Ok, I can definitely say that the razor shaves great now. Thanks for the advice everyone!

The first razor that I honed went fairly quick and simple, but I didn't learn much from it. This one was...

The more tape the less steel to remove to form an apex.

Interesting. I figured there must be a reason for why the razor reacted the way it did to the tape. Thanks!

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Ok, hopefully these will help. I've taken it back to one layer of tape. I do believe it is making a bit of progress. I'll work on it tonight, but I'll keep an...

BobH, that's exactly what happened. Sounds like I might have some work ahead of me then.

Utopian, I'll try to get some pics of it later.

Thanks for the replies, folks.

Sounds like I used too much tape (I was also concerned what how that would affect stropping). I'll drop it down a layer and try again. It didn't want to sharpen up...

A few weeks back I posted a thread about my first attempt at honing. Other than a small chip, that little KAMA was simple to hone and came out very sharp.

My 2nd honing attempt has not been quite...