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Hi all, right so following on from my numerous posts in this section of the forum i have started honing, at the moment a £10 5/8" Hamburg ring from ebay, and i think it's going reasonably well, i shaved off of it anyway!
So questions, due to budgetary constraints i currently only have a Naniwa combination stone, 1000 grit one side and 3000 grit the other, and having spent some time on these i then stropped the blade on canvas with some chromium oxide and then on plain leather before shaving, and the shave was okay, i could feel that it wasn't as smooth as the blade i got off of @Fergiebilly but the finish was nearly as good, i managed 3 passes including ATG with out major incident. So getting the blade to feel smoother on the skin, is this just a case of using higher grit stones or lapping paper or should i go back to the 3000 and alter the pressure i apply to the blade whilst honing?
Thanks as always for reading my inane ramblings
So questions, due to budgetary constraints i currently only have a Naniwa combination stone, 1000 grit one side and 3000 grit the other, and having spent some time on these i then stropped the blade on canvas with some chromium oxide and then on plain leather before shaving, and the shave was okay, i could feel that it wasn't as smooth as the blade i got off of @Fergiebilly but the finish was nearly as good, i managed 3 passes including ATG with out major incident. So getting the blade to feel smoother on the skin, is this just a case of using higher grit stones or lapping paper or should i go back to the 3000 and alter the pressure i apply to the blade whilst honing?
Thanks as always for reading my inane ramblings