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And it was. Huge difference , especially now the bevel is set right :gaah: :roflmao
Razor has gone home now.

They're an odd thing Jerry, both in use & honing. Some people take to them like a duck to water others don't.
They are very different but I like em big time. :)

Well, I couldn't wait & had a midnight shave. I forced a close shave with no nicks or irritation but it still felt wrong.

I checked the edge again today & noticed the bevel was incomplete near...

To that I say CHEERS ! :beer1: I sure didn't know how much work that was gonna be ... LOL.
Fingers X'd on the shave . I always seem to have to do some tweaking. Comes with the OCD I guess :)

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Final outcome.
Nice small ura bevel as hoped for & acceptable size bevel on omote considering previous rust damage.

Only thing left is the shave test & that can wait till tomorrow. I need a...

30 on palm of hand just for fun :)

30 on Kanayama horsehide strop.

30 on cow hide strop

20 on Kanayama canvas or linen, whatever it is.

Next is 60 on felt. Again 2 pics as will be the next few.

Next step was my Nakayama asagi. 15 strokes on a light slurry followed by 15 strokes on an even lighter slurry :) Didn't photo the stone just 2 m'scpe pics again under different light.

Decide to go back the Y.Asagi with a light Tenjyou slurry this time. Now memory gets blurry but I think I did 30 on this light slurry & a few on the ura for balance.
Pic is also a bit blurry but...

HNK 5k . 20 back n forth strokes on slurry, 20 feather light ones without without. 3 on ura each time.
Only one pic of results here.

Onto the omote (front). Not so fast. Same stone & slurry with some Iyo slurry added for more aggressive cutting or so I thought :)


Plenty of muddy metal & razor sticking to the hone but too...

The Y. Asagi with slurry created using Atoma 1200. Up & down the stone about 4x doing short back n forth strokes counting to 20 in each direction. Kinda like circles but in a straight line :) ...

This is the follow up honing from this thread Iwasaki Kamisori Repair/Restore
I thought it more appropriate to post here as I have a ton of pics (30+) & this is a bit more of an advanced honing...