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I had a chat about solving this problem with Randy tonight. Wanted to post this sooner but then my boss called me and held me up for a while. Randy proved himself to be a top notch guy, extremely...

I'm glad you're finding it useful. As you can see even some of us who have honed a few blades with a degree of success can still learn from each other and the masters like Randy. Unlike some of the...

The problem is in the exact region that i took to the rough hone to remove those nicks. With all my other blades, the toe is as sharp as the rest of the blade. I'll try going circular on the 1k just...

And sometimes the first shave can be great but the subsequent ones can be horrible. After I took the Taylor's to X's place, I guess it got overhoned with our honing session.. The first shave was...

Thank you gentlemen (especially Randy who did a lot of very instructive writing). Here's some missing info/what I've been doing so far:
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1) It's NOT the Taylor's I brought over to you, X. It's...

Just the man I was waiting for :D Thanks Randy. I actually got 2 razors shave-ready without using slurries. However one had extensive honing done on a Norton and the other is a delicately ground DD...

I have this Walker that should hone like a wedge. Unfortunately, so far I've only had experience with full hollows. The only equipment that I have are the slow cutting 4k/8k Japs and a coticule...