Being color blind, near sighted and half senile, I decided to touch up my favorite Henkles. I grabbed the water stones and go to work. I like to go back to 5k Shapton Pro if I see any weird stuff going on. The razor was falling off where I wanted it to be so I grabbed the 5K and gave it the dickens. Man, this was taking longer than I thought should, but I persisted and removed the artifacts on the apex I was after. I went to grab the 8K, when I realized that's what I was using. Okay, I'll try this and went to 12K and and Ark after. Shaving nirvana....usually. I kinda just put it out of my mind. It will be okay.
MMmm, sharp razor is good. Nice feel of hairs being cut cleanly...But it started to lose it's perfectness by the end of the first shave. Second shave was bad. I'm freaking out, having forgotten about the 8K thing. I looking at the apex and going thru weird causes in my head. No, it's never been restored so it isn't heat damage. It's never been rusted so it's not steel rot. Then I remembered the 8K. It's the only logical explanation. The razor has been a true friend and extremely good shaver in the past
Looks like I created some kind of weak, foil edge on the dang thing, that failed after one good shave. I've had similar troubles before, over honing on 8K and 12K stones. I'm mostly over that now, when I have my wits about me. The blade looked really beat up under magnification so I did a full bevel set and progression. I bet I fixed it. We'll see tonight....
MMmm, sharp razor is good. Nice feel of hairs being cut cleanly...But it started to lose it's perfectness by the end of the first shave. Second shave was bad. I'm freaking out, having forgotten about the 8K thing. I looking at the apex and going thru weird causes in my head. No, it's never been restored so it isn't heat damage. It's never been rusted so it's not steel rot. Then I remembered the 8K. It's the only logical explanation. The razor has been a true friend and extremely good shaver in the past
Looks like I created some kind of weak, foil edge on the dang thing, that failed after one good shave. I've had similar troubles before, over honing on 8K and 12K stones. I'm mostly over that now, when I have my wits about me. The blade looked really beat up under magnification so I did a full bevel set and progression. I bet I fixed it. We'll see tonight....