This is how I learned to hone my first razor to 'shave-sharp'! I sat down one afternoon with my 220/1K norton, and honed until I got my 1/8" deep x 1/4" long chip out of an FW Engels 'Lucky' (ironic name, huh) 6/8 blade. Then moved on to the 4K/8K hone. It took a LONG time, but I had my technique down by the end, and she was a smoooooth shaver!!

I did not tape the edge on mine...I'm not a fan of that high-falootin' tapin' stuff.

C utz