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So would you say that the amount of pressure used would decrease the higher you moved up in grit? Just performed another 60 IDENTICAL strokes(back and forth) on the 1000 to try and I guess "start...

So I spent roughly a half hour on each stone this time. I noticed the 8000 had a much different "smoother" feel once i'd gone through the other 2 first as opposed to when I had first received it....

Just received my Norton 1000/4000 stone and new new proraso sandalwood cream. I'll update this in a while as to the quality of my edge after sharpening!

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Ok Fellas! The results are in!

So I lathered up with my shave soap. It didn't seem to lather thickly like I've seen in many videos or like you get form the big box store creams, so It could be the...

I have considered trying a shave with it. I probably will tonight. I've seenabout 5 different youtube tutorials on honing and they all say not much pressure when grinding, but i'm just curious how...

Upon close inspection I can see there IS an edge. I can cut through my arm hair with relative ease, but it doesn't pass HHT or seem to come close. If that gives you any idea of what grind i'd need

Hello Gents,

I just purchased a new Dovo "Gentleman" from Shavenation and I'm at a bit of an impass. I've been honing for over an hour on my 8000 grit norton stone(Which I know is a very fine grit...