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This is just telling you that the razor isn't as sharp. In a more extreme case when a guy tells you his razor is scratchy and leaves stubble the first thing you tell him is that the edge isn't sharp...

That's the only thing that makes sense theoretically, from history and from many years of barber science. I assure you that Lynn doesn't finish his razors with a coticule to leave 4K striations on...

If what you mean is that you could get a razor shaving sharp on a medium stone, but the fine stone adds to the comfort, I think that's pretty well accepted. However, the finer stone adds to the...

I don't know what you mean by that, but you can't eliminate striations altogether. You can only make them finer. And I suspect there's a limit, because steel has a crystalline structure and that...

That's great. Good luck. From you r description of the thumbtest, it sounds like it's jus t short of ready. When it really there the edge really grabs the thumb, it that's what you mean by "bite."...

SInce you don't use a microscope I guess you didn't see the 4K striations, so you're not going to see 8K ones, which are twice as close together.

If you do have a slight wire edge, what you need...

Did you look under a microscope? Scratchiness suggests a slight wire edge or a micro chip. I've never used a Shapton. To me, the 100 laps seems like a lot. But if the 100 is necessary, what would...

You won't get any argument from me on that. But I llike to know what's going on. Sometimes you can do it with a simple test, but sometimes it requires more, and other times you even need to do a...

My only comment here is that you really don't know what was going on with that razor. I have had it happen where a razor loses sharpness after going to the 8K. Under the microscope I noticed that the...

One more thing. The great experiment is a case in point. How long did the razors go before failing? Then, you certainly needed a good hone. But what if each razor was refreshed when it just...

You don't know that anything needs the 4K. Some will tell you that an edge can last indefinitely if refreshed as necessary. That would be less likely with a razor used only occasionally- microscopic...

A 4K grit really has no place in keeping a razor keen. It's used to set up an edge on a dull razor, and that's it. Once the edge is keen the 4K can do little good. If you look at the old barber's...

What actually happens is that the space between striations or scratches is subdivided into a plateau with thinner scratch lines. So, if you went from 4K to 8K each plateau is divided in half. To me...

This is an interesting thread. The pyramid has been a mystery to me for a long time. I think I understand it better after Lynn's explanation.

From Nenand's post you'll see that there is a science...