Quote Originally Posted by Gammaray View Post
Out of curiosity I have tried a lightly honed razor right off my 1000 grit followed by CrO balsa then 100 laps of leather. It was an excellent shave virtually indistinguishable from my Naniwa 12k finish. What this means to me is that once the edge has converged perfectly, even at a fairly low grit, the refining stages of CrO and/or leather seem to be contributing the most to the comfort of the shave. Of course this is just a qualitative opinion.
Mercy sakes, Gammaray, you seem to be suggesting that I may have wasted upwards of $7000.00 on my hone collection when I could have simply accomplished my goal of achieving a shave ready edge by merely setting a bevel, dragging the edge across a piece of balsa wood, strop it up and "BINGO".

You may well be right about this and I will definitely pick a good razor out of my pile of blades and give it a whirl with my Chosera 1k. At the very least, I will PM you with the results of my 1k odessy. I will try anything once and thanks for the challenge................

JERRY
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