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Nice! I got my Norton in the mail yesterday... Cracked all down the middle :'( contacted the seller, but had no response yet..

Wow that's a let down, hope they take care of it for ya.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I shaved off a N4/8 for a year. The coti will make a nice finish on those old Sheffs you love after the 8k. Ummmm you going to lap them on your forehead ? Yep, I see at least 3 more stones in your near future :<0)

The seller said he had them lapped prior to shipping from The Classic Edge, so I guess Phil did them and the razors. He said he's never used the stones, and the one razor he sold separately was the only one he used, twice!!

Now I'm going to have to rely on therapy from Ed to help me overcome my fear of honing! First thought around honing??? Don't try to, "set a bevel", and, "go up through the grits" on the Sheffield blades.....

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I shaved off a N4/8 for a year. The coti will make a nice finish on those old Sheffs you love after the 8k. Ummmm you going to lap them on your forehead ? Yep, I see at least 3 more stones in your near future :<0)

Hey 10Pups - I don't have a forehead, I'm too old and to bald to have one, I'd say I have more like a six-head, may even a seven-head, although if you asked my wife, she'd probably say something like I have a wedge-head.....

Yeah, the 3k doesn't really fit, but good snaggery. Buy a DMT 8" Coarse for lapping. Pre lapped doesn't do you any good if you're going to use the rocks more than once.

I'm using 4/8 and Coti now.

As to learning to hone...no idea where you'd find that information. at all.

Also, if a razor is anywhere near shave ready, work from the top for touch ups. Also also, if it won't shave off the 8k, start over.

If you haven't seen it already, don't overlook the "JaNorton" thread. A real treasure for Norton 4k/8k users!

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Afraid of learning to hone? Maybe have a junk razor to just practise the x stroke until you got the muscle memory.

Originally Posted by Laurens

Afraid of learning to hone? Maybe have a junk razor to just practise the x stroke until you got the muscle memory.

Thanks Lauren - I have two razors that I was given to learn to practice on my coticule with. Both had the bevel set for me and needed refreshing. I think I got them both back to shave ready status, they passed the shave test, but that was just following the advice on the forums and from the lesson I got from Phil.

This journey on actual beginning to end, going to set something up hopefully with Val and take my time learning. It would be a skill that I would like to possess. Having said that, unless I'm going to get to the skill level of Glen, Lynn, yourself or others here, most of the 20 nice blades I have I wouldn't touch myself, just too much potential to do irreparable damage to a beautiful vintage blade, so that's a conundrum.

However, it would be nice to know what I'm looking at, and be able to asses what level of actual work needs to be done. If I can touch up one of my nice blades going a little deeper than a refresh, great, but getting to the level of bevel setting, something I will probably leave, at least with the nicer vintage blades I have, to the pro's...I've got nothing to prove that way.

Last thing I want is to start a thread, "Ruined Wade and Butcher 9/8 Celebrated, For Barbers Use, practicing honing....". Just don't even want to go there....

Those razors are set and shaving Phrank and it wouldn't hurt to try before you had to send them in anyway. Touch up I mean. Give yourself some credit, you can do it. If you really want to learn get a Gold Dollar and hope it's a wreck when you get it :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Those razors are set and shaving Phrank and it wouldn't hurt to try before you had to send them in anyway. Touch up I mean. Give yourself some credit, you can do it. If you really want to learn get a Gold Dollar and hope it's a wreck when you get it :<0)

Thanks 10Pups - Laurens seems to do some wonders with the Gold Dollars...maybe that's the way to go. I like the 6/8 I'm picking up tomorrow. So was going to try learning to hone on the Kropp 4/8 I'm picking up, it's basically a free blade, I have two 4/8's and I like them, but don't really want anymore, want to try to stay with blades I like. On the other hand, I'm not going to destroy a brand new razor that's been either not been used or never been used. I'll try to figure out what to do with it...