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Utopian,

Many thanks for taking the time to help me solve my problem!

I am new to learning how to hone a razor and I never actually thought about whether or not it would be necessary to change...

Utopian,
I have only been using one piece of tape throughout the entire honing process using all the stones with only the one same layer of tape.
Should I be changing the tape with each different...

Tcrideshd,

Yes, I am new to honing and I have never tried to hone this Ralf Aust before now. However, I purchased it new from SRD and it shaved better at that time.
Yes, I do lap all of my hones...

Hi Everyone,

This is a follow up to my previous post #6 when I "jointed" the edge and started over using only very light X strokes on my Ralf Aust razor. Although there were no reflections on the...

Many thanks to everyone for such great help!

I followed the suggestion of Razorfaust and performed a "breadknife" followed by 50 very light stroke on the Chosera 1K. Using "light strokes", all of...

Hello,

I am fairly new to straight razors I am looking for some help from anyone experienced at honing with the aid of a microscope. I am wondering if anyone can comment on the attached photo. I...