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One of our members, David Uthe, deliberately used this approach to hone his razors. He has not been active for some time now. The difficulty arises from determining when a razor is overhoned and then...

If your Henckels is an Inox(Stainless Steel) then you will learn patience!:)

When your starting out just perform a shave test. You can perform some laps on a finer grit if you want to. Be sure and strop 30-50 laps just before shaving.

In the pyramid you will notice a decreasing number of strokes on the 4K. The difficulty is determing when the bevel is perfect. We know that we are getting close by the results of our tests. So this...

Your on the right track, the 1-5 between shaves will eventually get you there.

FWIW, I have found that the Henckels require more time on the hones. They seem to be of a harder temper than other makers. This is a good thing because it means that once you have them sharp they...