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Oh, ok, yes, exactly, that's why I got it. ;)



:D Just clicked my own sig line... damn! :roflmao

Fantastic, thanks! :bow

Damn, 15 mins... :gth

I'll do that with the coarse, the fine and the extra-extra fine equally?

So how do I break in the DMTs? Is there a standard procedure or do I have to hone razors until they finally become broken in at some point?

I thought the Pakistani razors were not good? - I dont know where it's from, see post number 3 above for an image. I blew the writing up so you can see if you can recognize / identify it.



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Well, that's good to hear, really. But how come I still dont have a bevel at the heel after roughly 200 laps on the 325?



How do you break in the edges?

But... that's exactly what I did! :shrug: I dont know what's going on with this razor, but it looks cast rather than forged to me. Maybe one of these Pakistani blades I keep reading about? Or...

The 325 is probably broken in now, I set a bevel on a cheap kitchen knife. That thing was made out of rubber! :eek: I must have washed half the blade down the drain :rofl2:

Looking at getting a...

Err... no. Well, I lapped the coticule on the 325 to see if it was lapped. It was. Made a thick slurry.




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Check out DMT At least 2 of the 6 retailers listed ship internationally. :)

The coticule I bought from Bruno in the classifieds.

Well... that was no good. I think the razor is crap. Could not get a decent bevel, the heel did not want to give in. Half the spine came off, though. :thinking:

Alright, here we go: I've got a "newbie honing kit" together: the usual DMTs (325 - 1200 - 8000 aka Coarse, Extra Fine and E-Extra Fine aka D8C, D8E and D8EE) and a coticule (and a holder for it). ...