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It should cut the nail surface if it has a bevel. There should be some bite, as it digs in. If it took some effort with you applying no pressure, that sounds pretty close. Back to the hone now mate,...

He may have done, mate. We're only guessing what stage it's at & what's required to get it shave ready again. I just thought that if it was close to shave ready the TNT might set him back a bit.

He said he bought it shave ready from Don and Lynn, unless he tore up the edge, it should glide across his thumbnail, no....Plus he's new, I don't think he'll know what he's feeling by dragging it...

If the edge is close, then dragging a wetted thumbnail over it would not be a great idea. At around the 1200-4k stage it indicates that you've established a bevel. After that the Thumb Pad Test is a...

Hi & welcome,
I'd be surprised if the razor from Straight razor Designs wasn't shave ready, if you bought it that way.
Are you honing new razors, or old ones?
If a razor fails the HHT that doesn't...