Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
2 things to consider.
If the linen is not broken in, being a stiff coarse style & the razor edge has been taken to an overly fragile condition you will degrade the edge.
Leather will not but you will have to touch up the razor sooner as just shaving will also degrade such a delicate edge.

Of course heavy handed stropping may be a culprit also but that is only a guess & a suggestion.

I strop all the time on my broken in Kanayama linen with no adverse effects regardless of what stone I finish on.
Hi thanks for answering me, maybe I can get some advise from you..
I think the edge was fragile and I know how such a thing came to pass
I set the bevel on the 1k/5k and it was sticky sharp.
Then did some strokes on the 8k .
At this point the edge and whole bevel was perfect under the scope .
Then I took it to the 16k for 10 laps each way no pressure.
After this I checked under the scope and there was clearly a section where the 16k had not reached the edge of the blade. It was kinda fuzzy.
So I went on to do a load more stokes adding pressure from my finger and so on.
Eventually I did some X strokes , the kind where you swish the blade across the stone making like a curvy X .
This worked and the fuzzy section was now in line with the rest of the bevel.
However all those extra strokes probably gave me a bit of a wire edge.
My question is whats the deal with the not getting to the edge on the 16k?
I use my Atoma 1200 on my Shaptons after every honing session so im sure the stone is flat.
Many thanks...