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Finally got the notches out and at 60x edge is looking pretty good. Completed another session of the 'conservative' pyramid, consentrating on continuous quality edge:hone contact, and propper X...

After doing some additional honing last night, the conservative pattern listed here, the overal appearance of the edge looks uniform with the exception of the 'toe' area. I suspect this looks...

Alan, sorry, yes the the process was 1/5, 1/5 etc.

I've been keeping the entire blade on the waterstone the entire length, with the heel leading slightly...does this not achieve the same result...

Am needing some direction on how to continue honing my razor. As you can see from my previous posts I'm VERY new to honing. My razor was not shaving as well as it had so I bought the Norton 4k/8k...

Well for better or worse, its done. I soaked the Norton and did
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and then checked it in the scope. It seemed "ok", better than before but still major striations on the bevel,...

This is as good a picture as I could get on current razor condition. I don't think its too bad(of course I don't know what I'm doin and could be wrong), but needs a touchup.

Got the Norton 4k/8k today and have a couple quick questions:
1. My razor was Lynn honed quite awhile ago and isn't shaving like it used to. Should I just touch it up on the 8k side with about 6...

I've been shaving for about a year to year and half. I've been using a Lynn honed Solingen blade I purchased from Cutlery World here in Kansas City about 17-18 years ago. Tried to shave with it out...