Originally Posted by
Euclid440
You do not have an edge, what you are looking at is the bevel, an edge is where the bevels meet all the way from heel to toe.
If you had an edge or close to it, the 600 grit diamond plate wiped it out. And if that did not the 200 grit surely did, way too course of stone for honing.
As said for razor honing, you need much finer stones than woodworking.
A1k for bevel setting, 4k for polishing and 8k for finishing, a proper clean linen and leather strop for razors. Stropping is your final polish, the slightest grit will be much larger than the smallest grit hone… and ruin all your hard work in one stroke.
Forget about paste until you can set a bevel and finish an edge, you should be able to comfortably shave off an 8K edge. Forget about Natural stones until you can hone. Your Black Ark possibly could be used to finish, if it is a High grit Ark and properly finished for razors. Right now you don’t need a finisher you need a bevel setter and polishers.
Trust me you are not the first knife/tool guy to try and make the conversion to razors, many give up… because they think they know. The tools are similar, but not the same, neither is the technique.
A razor edge is much more fragile than a knife or tool edge. At this point do nothing until you have the proper tools and are positive of a correct course of action or send it out for honing and learn to shave.
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