Can't seem to get it to tree-topping sharp. I tape the spine and use a 4k, 8k, 12k and strop and doing what I see people doing on YouTube videos. Shaving my neck goes okay but around my chin and upper lip are more problematic. Yeah, I can make it work eventually but I feel like I'm experiencing too much irritation and having to go over the same area too many times.
I think I'm just not getting the razor sharp enough - I haven't yet gotten to where it will tree-top arm hairs. After my sharpening efforts I'd say it works marginally better than it did straight out of the box but it's not there yet.
I got the razor new and the spine shows to be straight using a granite lapping plate and it seems to be pushing water evenly when running it over the stones so I don't think it's a razor defect, I think there's some subtle element of the process I don't have nailed down. I've flattened the stones with the lapping plate - I draw on the surface of the stones with cross-hatched pencil lines and the lines disappear and putting the stones against each other there's no light visible - so I think they're flat.
Was there something you did that made the difference between *almost* sharp enough and definitely sharp enough?
I think I'm just not getting the razor sharp enough - I haven't yet gotten to where it will tree-top arm hairs. After my sharpening efforts I'd say it works marginally better than it did straight out of the box but it's not there yet.
I got the razor new and the spine shows to be straight using a granite lapping plate and it seems to be pushing water evenly when running it over the stones so I don't think it's a razor defect, I think there's some subtle element of the process I don't have nailed down. I've flattened the stones with the lapping plate - I draw on the surface of the stones with cross-hatched pencil lines and the lines disappear and putting the stones against each other there's no light visible - so I think they're flat.
Was there something you did that made the difference between *almost* sharp enough and definitely sharp enough?