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I got a comfortable shave today on 2 days growth with minimal prep (just splashing warm water on my face)

I bought the 4k/8k in 2013 so its possible its from that transition period. How would you...

DE are definitely ground with some sort of wheel or stone so those marks are most likely the grind lines, plating or not

I've been honing my own razors for a couple years and can get a...

Thats not how that saying is used. However, they are both mirror edges that show striations when the blade is at a certain angle with the light source. If I use the second to last photo in #56 in the...

I went back today and relapped the 8k several times until I could run the razor down it without it feeling like there were any high points. It took a couple lapping trips. That being said I believe I...

That does happen if I place the 4k/8k in a stoneholder, but for this try I went straight from the sink, where I lapped it, to where I did the test so the 8k was never on the downside. Just to be...

But why would the direction change then. If the stria were already here and I was just polishing the tops, then you'd expect the direction to stay the same

You guys are turning this into an ego thing when it never was. I had a simple question whether the scratch pattern I was getting off my 8k was consistent or not.

So simple experiment. Freshly...

I lap the stones flat with the d8c typically when I start the honing process and I regularly refresh/wash the surface of the stone with a small pocket arkansas stone and a spray bottle

Its an old razor and the spine doesn't have even wear on it, so the bevel isn't the same width along the length of it. I do not see any glints when I look down the bevel. I have other razors where...

There is no light glinting off the bevel that can be picked up by the human eye. If that a good enough bevel check then the bevel is set. I can't make promises for what is picked up/not picked up...

I have the knife edge 45 degrees to the hone and the stria are 45 deg from the edge of the knife. I am lapping with a DMT D8C

I am still not convinced my 8k is fine though. Here are more pictures of me rubbing my knife on it with noticeable visible scratches being seen in the after photos

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Are you talking about this white line? I believe that is just crude left over from the stone (probably the 4k). These aren't the best pictures cause I am pushing the zoom limits on my phone to take...

Woops I uploaded the wrong photo before so those are actually the same photos, one is just rotated.

I am confused on how I can hone the edge if the bevel isn't set since I was always under the...

Following the advice in that link. I went back to the 4k and did 30ish heel following strokes so the only striations are around 45 degrees to the edge. You can see that here 304756

Next I switched...

Hmm, I could see that and the higher grits are polishing the scratches to make them stand out more.

Do you know if anyone compiled a resource on scratch patterns expected off particular stones...

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Figured I would just repeat the process and see if the results change. So I ran the edge along my 1k to dull it and reset the bevel on the 1k. Then I worked back...

That'd pretty funny, but i don't think so. The 4k is the white side and 8k the yellow.

So I took the other side of my stainless knife and set it against the 8k and did maybe 20 strokes to create the scratches in the first picture. I then flipped the stone over to the 4k side and did...

That was my original guess as well. However, I tested out the 8k itself on a cheap stainless steel knife I just bought which came pretty polished. Running the side of the knife lightly up and down...

I've noticed that my Norton 8k leaves visible scratches along the edge and spine and was wondering if this is normal or unexpected behavior. I can see the scratches with the naked eye by just moving...