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More laps on the 4k produced great results !

The method of Bart will be added to my bag of tricks.

Thanks for the input ! I really do appreciate it ... and my face appreciates it as well lol.

This is a good question ...

The blades I can properly sharpen seem to be on the hollow ground side of the grind scale.

The one particular blade in question I would estilate having a 1/4...

Yeah, I had a razor honed by the venerable Mr. Abrams.

The man ...the myth .. lol.

No offense .. I couldn't resist.

To me, that's my baseline for sharpness. I have a few blades that I...

So, I tried this method. The blade took an edge, sure. I noticed alot of irritation after my shave. I am attributing this irritation to the sharpness of the blade. The blade was shaving, but it...

I have ....

Seems the only good edge I can get is off of the 1k.


:thinking:

Since I am relatively new to honing .... I thought I set the bevel rather well. I ran quite a few consistent laps on 1000 grit paper. Some of the blades I am referring to earlier in this post ......

Ive recently been trying to hone up this ebay beauty I scored about 6 months ago.

It had a couple very small chips in the edge, so I decided to reset the bevel.

Off of the 1000 grit paper, it...